Force definition

Force as a noun

1. a powerful effect or influence

   "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"

2. (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity

   "force equals mass times acceleration"

3. physical energy or intensity

   "he hit with all the force he could muster"

   Same sense: strength, forcefulness

4. group of people willing to obey orders

   "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"

   Same sense: personnel

5. a unit that is part of some military service

   "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

   Same sense: military group, military force, military unit

6. an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)

   "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

   Same sense: violence

7. one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority

   "may the force be with you"

   Same sense: power

8. a group of people having the power of effective action

   "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"

9. (of a law) having legal validity

   Same sense: effect

10. a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base

    "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"

    Same sense: force out, force-out, force play

Force as a verb

11. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

    "She forced him to take a job in the city"

    Same sense: pressure, squeeze, hale, coerce

12. urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate

    Same sense: impel

13. move with force

    Same sense: push

14. impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably

    "She forced her diet fads on him"

    Same sense: thrust

15. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

    Same sense: squeeze, wedge

16. force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

    Same sense: drive, ram

17. do forcibly; exert force

    "Don't force it!"

18. take by force

    Same sense: storm

Synonyms and antonyms

• strength
• forcefulness
• personnel
• military group
• military force
• military unit
• violence
• power definition
• effect
• force out
• force-out
• force play
• pressure
• squeeze
• hale
• coerce
• impel
• push
• thrust
• wedge
• drive definition
• ram
• storm

All synonyms of force, sense by sense

How to say force

Force has 1 syllable and rhymes with course. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with force

• course
• source
• horse
• divorce
• enforce
• workforce
• reinforce
• endorse
• morse
• remorse
• coarse
• concourse

FORCE in word games

Scrabble

10

Words With Friends

11

Anagrams

0

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