Synonyms for coerce
koʊˈɜrsco·erce

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1. coerceverb

   Synonyms:
   compel, bully, dragoon

2. coerceverb

   To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

   Synonyms:
   bully, compel, dragoon

3. coerceverb

   to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.

   Synonyms:
   compel, bully, dragoon

4. coerceverb

   to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

   Synonyms:
   dragoon, compel, bully

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. coerce

   To compel one to an act is to secure its performance by the use of irresistible physical or moral force. Force implies primarily an actual physical process, absolutely subduing all resistance. Coerce implies the actual or potential use of so much force as may be necessary to secure the surrender of the will; the American secessionists contended that the Federal government had no right to coerce a State. Constrain implies the yielding of judgment and will, and in some cases of inclination or affection, to an overmastering power; as, "the love of Christ constraineth us," 2 Cor. v, 14. Compare DRIVE; INFLUENCE.

   See synonyms for HINDER.

   Synonyms:
   compel, constrain, drive, force, make, necessitate, oblige

   Preposition:
   The soldiers were compelled to desertion: preferably with the infinitive, compelled to desert.

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1. coerce

   Synonyms:
   restrain, inhibit, impel, compel, drive, counteract, check, constrain, force, confine, intimidate

   Antonyms:
   permit, persuade, urge, instigate, encourage, liberate, induce, seduce, tempt

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1. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb

   to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"

   "He squeezed her for information"

   Synonyms:
   draw, storm, blackjack, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haul

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1. coerceverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, curb, check, put under restraint

2. coerceverb

   Synonyms:
   compel, force, drive, constrain

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1. coerceverb

   Synonyms:
   constrain, compel, intimidate, restrain

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1. List of paraphrases for "coerce":

   compel, oblige, constrain

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How to use coerce in a sentence?

1. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:

   Truth resides in every human heart, and one has to search for it there, and to be guided by truth as one sees it. But no one has a right to coerce others to act according to his own view of truth.

2. Mike Moore:

   I don't see how a static cross can coerce anybody into a state religion, where will this end ?

3. Iraqi Christians:

   It should make any attorney very afraid that the government can go back to a client from 15 years ago and coerce them.

4. Bill Jack:

   It’s unequal treatment before the law. The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act is being used to coerce businesses to participate in events that violate their consciences.

5. Kelly Roskam:

   There’s a clear connection between intimate partner homicide and the accessibility of firearms, and not just to murder partners, but abusers use guns or even the mere presence of a gun to coerce, threaten and terrorize their victims of all genders.