forced

[fawrst, fohrst] / fɔrst, foʊrst /

ADJECTIVE

compulsory, strained

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelled contrived enforced involuntary mandatory unwilling

STRONG

affected begrudging binding bound coerced conscripted constrained grudging labored slave

WEAK

artificial coercive factitious false inflexible insincere obligatory peremptory rigid stiff stringent unnatural wooden

Antonyms

STRONGEST

voluntary

WEAK

noncompulsory spontaneous unforced

Example Sentences

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The visitors had to respond and thought they had forced over at a ruck through Marcell Coetzee but the TMO ruled against them.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

Jenkins noted that Lyndon Johnson was forced to seek an income surtax in 1968 because he was worried about possible negative reactions in gold and the dollar from the “guns and butter” U.S. policies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Roberts already had been forced to use the rest of his bench.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Get forced to buy a social media platform he doesn’t want?

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

When Oliver didn’t come take it, I forced myself to bring it to him.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

forced

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