All force synonyms
force
F f verb force
- urge β to push or force along; impel with force or vigor: to urge the cause along.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.
- oblige β to require or constrain, as by law, command, conscience, or force of necessity.
- require β to have need of; need: He requires medical care.
- impose β to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.: to impose taxes.
- compel β If a situation, a rule, or a person compels you to do something, they force you to do it.
- drive β 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.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- pressure β the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it: the pressure of earth against a wall.
- drag β drag and drop
- limit β the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- inflict β to impose as something that must be borne or suffered: to inflict punishment.
- demand β If one thing demands another, the first needs the second in order to happen or be dealt with successfully.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- cause β a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
- order β an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- make β 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.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- violate β to break, infringe, or transgress (a law, rule, agreement, promise, instructions, etc.).
- wrest β to twist or turn; pull, jerk, or force by a violent twist.
- necessitate β to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.
- insist β to be emphatic, firm, or resolute on some matter of desire, demand, intention, etc.: He insists on checking every shipment.
- coerce β If you coerce someone into doing something, you make them do it, although they do not want to.
- apply β If you apply for something such as a job or membership of an organization, you write a letter or fill in a form in order to ask formally for it.
- fix β to repair; mend.
- constrain β To constrain someone or something means to limit their development or force them to behave in a particular way.
- draft β a drawing, sketch, or design.
- overcome β to get the better of in a struggle or conflict; conquer; defeat: to overcome the enemy.
- impress β to press or force into public service, as sailors.
- blackmail β Blackmail is the action of threatening to reveal a secret about someone, unless they do something you tell them to do, such as giving you money.
- burden β If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- wring β to twist forcibly: He wrung the chicken's neck.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- contract β A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- impel β to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- command β If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
- obtrude β to thrust (something) forward or upon a person, especially without warrant or invitation: to obtrude one's opinions upon others.
- occasion β a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
- strong-arm β using, involving, or threatening the use of physical force or violence to gain an objective: strong-arm methods.
- sandbag β a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
- pressurize β to raise the internal atmospheric pressure of to the required or desired level: to pressurize an astronaut's spacesuit before a walk in space.
- conscript β A conscript is a person who has been made to join the armed forces of a country.
- dragoon β (especially formerly) a European cavalryman of a heavily armed troop.
- concuss β to injure (the brain) by a violent blow, fall, etc
- shotgun β a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- defile β To defile something that people think is important or holy means to do something to it or say something about it which is offensive.
- blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
- propel β to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.