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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
Swift’s releases have become a major driving force for the entire music industry.
The consequences for Native Americans, who lost their lands, and Black slaves, forced to labor on southern plantations, were disastrous.
South Carolina is one of 28 states with stand-your-ground laws, which allow people to meet force with force.
Major portions of the next phase of the Gaza deal remain to be negotiated, including the makeup of a multinational force to provide security in the enclave and the creation of an interim governing body.
They clashed with security forces, who fired tear gas, after his residence was cordoned off.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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