Another word for force
Capacity or power for work or vigorous activity
See also:Power used to overcome resistance
See also:Effective means of influencing, compelling, or punishing
The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another
See also:The capacity to exert an influence
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To cause (a person or thing) to act or move in spite of resistance
See also:To compel by pressure or threats
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Another word for force
Physical power exerted against a person or thing
The power to act effectively
Antonyms:A group organized for joint action
To use force
To break open
Idioms:
operative, valid, in effect;
in-force
in-force
Synonym Study
- Constrain implies the operation of a restricting force and therefore suggests a strained, repressed, or unnatural quality in that which results a constrained laugh
- Compel implies a driving irresistibly to some action, condition, etc. hunger compelled him to look for work to coerce is to compel submission or obedience by the use of superior power, intimidation, threats, etc. troops coerced the crowd to disperse
- Force implies the exertion of power in causing a person or thing to act, move, or comply against his or its resistance and may refer to physical strength or to any impelling motive forced the protestors into the van, circumstances forced him to lie