Synonyms of enjoins

enjoins

verb

present tense third-person singular of enjoin

1

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demands
• requires
• asks
• commands
• requests
• claims
• wants
• insists (on)
• exacts
• presses (for)
• calls (for)
• stipulates (for)
• needs
• necessitates
• imposes
• clamors (for)
• takes
• pleads (for)
• quests
• warrants
• cries (for)
• harasses
• requisitions
• hounds
• duns
• badgers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yields
• surrenders
• gives up
• relinquishes

2

as in instructs

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority

undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• instructs
• tells
• orders
• asks
• commands
• directs
• advises
• bosses (around)
• begs
• adjures
• warns
• bids
• requires
• appoints
• authorizes
• compels
• charges
• requests
• entreats
• beseeches
• obliges
• counsels
• assigns
• supervises
• petitions
• forces
• leads
• manages
• constrains
• oversees
• conducts
• coerces
• superintends
• controls
• commissions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• follows
• minds
• obeys
• observes
• keeps
• complies (with)

3

as in forbids

to order not to do or use or to be done or used

Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forbids
• prohibits
• bans
• outlaws
• discourages
• prevents
• proscribes
• halts
• stops
• excludes
• precludes
• bars
• interdicts
• restrains
• deters
• dissuades
• represses
• suppresses
• subdues
• deprives
• rejects
• curbs
• disallows
• silences
• hinders
• inhibits
• impedes
• repudiates
• blocks
• quashes
• shuts out
• debars
• obstructs
• squashes
• reins (in)
• quells
• rules out
• squelches
• vetoes
• cracks down (on)
• clamps down (on)
• checks
• puts down
• crushes
• snuffs (out)
• embargoes
• bridles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permits
• allows
• lets
• suffers
• approves
• authorizes
• endorses
• encourages
• supports
• promotes
• sanctions
• warrants
• orders
• advances
• cultivates
• furthers
• nourishes
• licenses
• commands
• bids
• nurtures
• endures
• bears
• tolerates
• abets
• abides
• brooks
• forwards
• countenances

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of enjoins

The result will be a legal race to see which of those courts enjoins the policy first. — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026