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

Curtis Morrison of Red Eagle Law notes in an interview that the Dorcas decision enjoins the USCIS holds, but the government has appealed that order. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

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