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force
noun as in physical energy, power
Strong matches
arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, draft, duress, dynamism, enforcement, exaction, extortion, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, stress, stuff, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor
Weak matches
constrait, full head of steam, strong arm, what it takes
noun as in mental power, energy
Strongest matches
Strong matches
ability, bite, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, fierceness, forcefulness, gumption, guts, impressiveness, influence, intensity, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, validness, vehemence, vigor, willpower
Weak match
noun as in military organization
verb as in obligate to do something
Strongest matches
cause, charge, compel, demand, drag, drive, impose, inflict, limit, make, move, oblige, order, press, pressure, require, restrict, urge
Strong matches
apply, bind, blackmail, burden, choke, coerce, command, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, draft, dragoon, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impress, insist, necessitate, obtrude, occasion, overcome, pressurize, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, wrest, wring
Weak matches
bear down, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, pin down, put screws to, put squeeze on
Example Sentences
Ms Smith said she was planning on moving away from the Warwickshire Police force area.
But Kogan stressed that forcing owners to sell clubs would be treated as a "last resort" and the regulator would prefer to work with them.
The police forces were all asked by the BBC about offences with bladed weapons they had recorded on school premises in the past few years.
In confirming the announcement, Hamas said it would "end the war in Gaza, ensure the complete withdrawal of the occupation forces, allow the entry of humanitarian aid, and implement a prisoner exchange".
District Judge April Perry declined Monday to block the deployment of National Guard members on an emergency basis, allowing a buildup of forces to proceed.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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