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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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Rosalynne Singson told AFP the earthquake had left her "no choice" but to move.

From Barron's • 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

We have good banter, but I feel like I have no choice except to move forward on my own.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

The military's Arabic-language spokesman, Col Avichay Adraee, said Hezbollah's repeated breaches had left Israeli forces with no choice but to act.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

He realized how terrified she was, but she had no choice.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

no choice

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