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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Accordingly, there has been a big push on the Street to stuff them into the leading stock indices, leaving index fund managers no choice but to buy.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Chadwick, the Cox Automotive consultant, said, “Consumers are really handcuffed to their current vehicles and they have no choice sometimes but to repair their vehicle.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

The declaration will make it possible "to be far more demanding" towards digital platforms and "leave them no choice but to change their way of working".

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

It was always an emotionally and financially taxing ordeal, but I always felt like I had no choice.

From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026

Her “meeting” is taking place near what used to be the cafeteria, and I have no choice but to walk right by the group to the elevator leading back to my room.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

no choice

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