no choice

ADJECTIVE

between the devil and the deep blue sea

Synonyms

WEAK

Catch-22 Hobson's choice between Scylla and Charybdis between a rock and a hard place between the hammer and the anvil between two fires cornered in a dilemma in a pickle in a predicament in the middle sitting on a powder keg

NOUN

Hobson's choice

Synonyms

WEAK

lack of choice no alternative only choice zero option

NOUN

necessity

Synonyms

STRONGEST

essential fundamental obligation precondition prerequisite requirement urgency

STRONG

call cause claim compulsion demand desideratum duress essence exaction exigency godsend imperative indispensability inevitability inexorableness must must-have necessary pinch privation requisite stress vitals want

WEAK

life or death needfulness no alternative sine qua non undeniability vital part

Antonyms

STRONGEST

auxiliary extra trivia

WEAK

desire

Example Sentences

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Chief executive Gordan Dewar said: "Like many across the hospitality and tourism sectors who have seen business rates soar, we have no choice but to pass part of this cost on to passengers."

From BBC • May 11, 2026

But if memory prices continue to be a problem, Apple might find it has no choice but to raise prices, like Nintendo.

From Barron's • May 11, 2026

The full tax relief, if implemented, might not materialize for drivers, because suppliers may have some pricing power, while drivers have no choice but to pay the pump price, Smetters said.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

In one no choice test, bistrifluron produced 99 percent mortality over 60 days.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

So he was left with no choice but to send my second brother, Lmatarion.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola

no choice

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