- forced - produced by or subjected to forcing; "forced-air heating"; "furnaces of the forced-convection type"; "forced convection in plasma generators"
- forced - forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"
Antonym: voluntary (indirect, via involuntary)
- forced, unexpected - made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency; "a forced landing"
Antonym: scheduled (indirect, via unscheduled)
- constrained, forced, strained - lacking spontaneity; not natural; "a constrained smile"; "forced heartiness"; "a strained smile"
Antonym: unaffected (indirect, via affected)
- forced - forced or compelled; "promised to abolish forced labor"
- coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force - to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
--1 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun force5, noun force2
They force him to write the letter
- impel, force - urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
--2 is one way to cause, do, make
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun force5
They force him to write the letter
- push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
--3 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun force3
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
- force, thrust - impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably; "She forced her diet fads on him"
--4 is one way to compel, oblige, obligate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun force5, noun force2
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
- wedge, squeeze, force - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"
--5 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
- force, drive, ram - force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically; "She rammed her mind into focus"; "He drives me mad"
--6 is one way to thrust
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- force - do forcibly; exert force; "Don't force it!"
--7 is one way to act, move
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun force5, noun force3, noun force2
Somebody ----s something
- pull, draw, force - cause to move along the ground by pulling; "draw a wagon"; "pull a sled"
--8 is one way to move, displace
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun force3
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- storm, force - take by force; "Storm the fort"
--9 is one way to penetrate, perforate
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun force6
Somebody ----s something