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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compel, press |
| Synonyms: | beset, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | let go |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, compel |
| Synonyms: | bring about, cause, coerce, concuss, constrain, dragoon, drive, effect, force, horn in, impel, impress, initiate, interfere, meddle, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, require, secure, shotgun, start, tamper |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | press |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pressure, trouble |
| Synonyms: | afflict, assail, beg, beset, besiege, buttonhole, come at, compel, constrain, demand, depress, disquiet, enjoin, entreat, exhort, force, harass, implore, importune, insist on, lean on, oppress, petition, plague, plead, pressurize, push, railroad, sadden, sell, squeeze, sue, supplicate, torment, urge, vex, weigh down, work on, worry |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | screw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pressure |
| Synonyms: | bilk, bleed, cheat, chisel, coerce, constrain, defraud, do*, exact, extort, extract, force, hold a knife to, oppress, pinch*, pressurize, put screws to, ream, shake down, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring |
| Antonyms: | help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | squeeze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | try to get money out of |
| Synonyms: | bleed, bring pressure to bear, eke out, extort, extract, lean on, milk, oppress, pinch*, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, shake down, wrench, wring |
| Antonyms: | donate, give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | threaten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn, pressure |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, augur, blackmail, bluster, browbeat, bully, caution, comminate, cow, enforce, flex muscles, forebode, forewarn, fulminate, growl, intimidate, look daggers, make threat, menace, portend, presage, pressurize, push around, scare, scowl, shake fist at, snarl, spook, terrorize, torment, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, help, protect, relieve |
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