All coercion synonyms

noun coercion

• compulsion — A compulsion is a strong desire to do something, which you find difficult to control.
• persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
• intimidation — to make timid; fill with fear.
• duress — compulsion by threat or force; coercion; constraint.
• force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
• constraint — A constraint is something that limits or controls what you can do.
• restraint — a restraining action or influence: freedom from restraint.
• violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
• bullying — the intimidation of weaker people
• threat — a declaration of an intention or determination to inflict punishment, injury, etc., in retaliation for, or conditionally upon, some action or course; menace: He confessed under the threat of imprisonment.
• menace — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
• menacing — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
• threatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
• browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
• pressure — the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.