Synonyms for force
- noun
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Strength — ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising…
strength, might, energy, impetus, momentum, spirit, forcefulness, intensity, moment, vigor US, vigour UK, virtue, vehemence, soul, cogency, potency, stamina, validity, emphasis, significance, efficacy, nervousness, pith
2. Pressure — something that exerts influence
pressure, action, influence, agency, operation, factor, stress, agent, constraint
Other
power, effect, violence, coercion, police force, impact, compulsion, tension, personnel, meaning, strain, staff
Verb
1. Drive
drive, compel, urge, impose, enforce, set in motion, make, impulse, fire, constrain, run, ram, press, necessitate, oblige, animate
2. Rape — to violate (a woman); to rape
rape, violate, debauch, ravish formal dated, abuse dated, ravage slang, outrage dated, defile dated
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
the force of an appeal, an argument, or a contract
- n. 2
Something that exerts influence.
- v. 1
To violate (a woman); to rape.
- v. 2
To make someone or something do something, often regardless of their will.
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Any organized body of men by whom the law or will of a people is executed is a force; the word is a usual term for the police of any locality.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- energy There will be an energy crisis in the near future.
- strength I have underestimated the strength of my opponent.
- momentum As the days passed, our campaign grew in momentum.
- impetus What's the impetus underlying all of your actions?
- action A time will come when you will regret your action.
- pressure He has to have his blood pressure taken every day.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1, ram1
- 4 letters
- make1, fire2, army2, soul1, push1, rape1, urge1, pith1
- 5 letters
- might1, power2, press1, staff1, drive1, agent2, abuse2, storm1, screw1, wedge1, vigor2, wring1, spunk1, wrest1
- 6 letters
- energy3, moment2, action2, effect2, agency3, impact2, spirit2, factor2, stress1, troops1, strain1, virtue2, impose2, thrust1
- 7 letters
- meaning2, tension2, enforce2, squeeze1, violate3, outrage2, impulse2, stamina3, impetus3, potency3, animate3, dragoon, debauch, cogency3
- 8 letters
- military4, pressure2, strength1, violence3, emphasis3, momentum3, validity4, efficacy4, coercion3
- 9 letters
- operation4, influence3, personnel3, intensity4, constrain2, vehemence3
- 10 letters
- constraint2, compulsion3
- 11 letters
- nervousness3, necessitate4
- 12 letters
- significance4, forcefulness3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).