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force
noun as in physical energy, power
Strong matches
arm, brunt, clout, coercion, compulsion, conscription, draft, duress, dynamism, enforcement, exaction, extortion, fury, horsepower, impact, impetus, impulse, might, momentum, muscle, pains, potency, potential, pow, pressure, punch, push, sinew, sock, speed, steam, stimulus, strain, stress, stuff, subjection, tension, trouble, velocity, vigor
Weak matches
noun as in mental power, energy
Strongest matches
Strong matches
ability, bite, coercion, cogency, competence, determination, dominance, drive, duress, effect, effectiveness, efficacy, emphasis, fierceness, forcefulness, gumption, guts, impressiveness, influence, intensity, obligation, persistence, persuasiveness, point, pressure, puissance, punch, push, requirement, sapience, stress, validity, validness, vehemence, vigor, willpower
Weak match
noun as in military organization
verb as in obligate to do something
Strongest matches
cause, charge, compel, demand, drag, drive, impose, inflict, limit, make, move, oblige, order, press, pressure, require, restrict, urge
Strong matches
apply, bind, blackmail, burden, choke, coerce, command, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, draft, dragoon, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impress, insist, necessitate, obtrude, occasion, overcome, pressurize, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, wrest, wring
Weak matches
bear down, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, pin down, put screws to, put squeeze on
Example Sentences
Tanton wasn’t just a malignant force against immigration.
Between 1979 and 1997, Tanton launched or helped create more than eight organizations aimed at curtailing immigration or preserving English-speaking culture, building an unparalleled modern force for shaping the debate about who should and should not be allowed into the United States.
Actual antagonistic and intimidating shows of force were increasing, too, if subtly.
Space Force last year, according to Space News.
And I thought, ‘Oh, right. Don’t slow down. Cross the finish line with force.’
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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