Force Synonyms and Antonyms

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Physical power exerted against a person or thing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. violence
  2. coercion
  3. compulsion
  4. duress
  5. constraint
  6. military unit
  7. pressure
  8. strength
  9. military force
  10. military group
Antonyms:
  1. induce
  2. inveigle
  3. persuade
  4. seduce
  5. ineffectiveness
  6. weakness
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Effective means of influencing, compelling, or punishing
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. power
  2. weight
  3. clout
  4. muscle
The strong effect exerted by one person or thing on another
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. impact
  2. impression
  3. influence
  4. repercussion
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A group organized for joint action
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crew
  2. detachment
  3. team
  4. unit
  5. troop
  6. band
  7. body
  8. corps
  9. cell
  10. personnel
  11. division
  12. gang
  13. contingent
To break open
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. burst
  2. pry open
  3. prize open
  4. break-into
  5. extort
  6. wrest
  7. undo
  8. use a bar on
  9. assault
  10. pull
  11. wedge
  12. jimmy
  13. crack
  14. crack open
  15. bust
  16. bust open
  17. squeeze
  18. draw
To use force
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. push
  2. coerce
  3. dragoon
  4. strong-arm
  5. compel
  6. constrain
  7. drive
  8. command
  9. demand
  10. impel
  11. make
  12. press
  13. oblige
  14. obligate
  15. necessitate
  16. exact
  17. bludgeon
  18. extort
  19. insist
  20. require
  21. pressure
  22. blackjack
  23. urge
  24. thrust
  25. propel
  26. urge forward
  27. enforce
  28. order
  29. decree
  30. inflict
  31. ability
  32. burden
  33. actuate
  34. army
  35. impose
  36. bang
  37. fix
  38. bulldoze
  39. apply
  40. capture
  41. cause
  42. clout
  43. coaction
  44. draft
  45. compress
  46. blackmail
  47. constraint
  48. constringe
  49. bind
  50. corps
  51. put under obligation
  52. countervail
  53. cram
  54. contract
  55. charge
  56. depose
  57. detachment
  58. restrict
  59. determination
  60. limit
  61. dint
  62. dislodge
  63. pin-down
  64. choke out
  65. effort
  66. bring pressure to bear upon
  67. eject
  68. energy
  69. evict
  70. bear hard upon
  71. exert
  72. bear down upon
  73. obtrude on
  74. extrude
  75. foist
  76. break through
  77. gumption
  78. hammer
  79. impact
  80. steamroller
  81. hijack
  82. impetus
  83. ram down one's throat
  84. impulse
  85. put the squeeze on
  86. influence
  87. high-pressure
  88. might
  89. momentum
  90. put the screws on
  91. muscle
  92. twist one's arm
  93. smoke-out
  94. obtrude
  95. oust
  96. persuade
  97. pound
  98. power
  99. pry
  100. railroad
  101. rape
  102. ravish
  103. regiment
  104. repel
  105. repress
  106. restraint
  107. shanghai
  108. storm
  109. strength
  110. stress
  111. stuff
  112. subdue
  113. subjugate
  114. suction
  115. supplant
  116. suppress
  117. unit
  118. usurp
  119. validity
  120. violence
  121. wrest
Antonyms:
  1. push
  2. pull
Impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. thrust
A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. force-out
  2. force-play

Words Related to Force

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Force Sentence Examples

  • The sun was trying to force its way through the curtains.

  • I wouldn.t force a human to do anything.

  • What mysterious force guided the seedling from the dark earth up to the light, through leaf and stem and bud, to glorious fulfilment in the perfect flower?

  • There is a band of thieves in our district who ought to be arrested by a strong force--October 11.

  • He doesn't force me to do what he wants.

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