All compel synonyms
com·pel
C c verb compel
- urge — to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- oblige — to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- necessitate — to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- impel — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- constrain — To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- bulldoze — If people bulldoze something such as a building, they knock it down using a bulldozer.
- make — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- drive — to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- coerce — If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- squeeze — to press forcibly together; compress.
- hustle — to proceed or work rapidly or energetically: to hustle about putting a house in order.
- dragoon — (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
- concuss — to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
- put the arm on — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
- shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- force — physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- induce — to lead or move by persuasion or influence, as to some action or state of mind: to induce a person to buy a raffle ticket.
- require — to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- lean on — to incline or bend from a vertical position: She leaned out the window.