Synonyms of forced

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adjective

1

as in required

forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law

forced payment of membership dues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• required
• compulsory
• incumbent
• mandatory
• necessary
• needed
• urgent
• obligatory
• involuntary
• imperative
• demanded
• enforced
• nonelective
• requisite
• insistent
• persistent
• peremptory
• pressing
• essential
• indispensable
• all-important
• coercive

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• voluntary
• optional
• elective
• unnecessary
• discretionary
• unwanted
• chosen
• unimportant
• insignificant
• unneeded
• dispensable
• inconsequential
• nonessential

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• voluntary
• optional
• elective
• unnecessary
• discretionary
• unwanted
• chosen
• unimportant
• insignificant
• unneeded
• dispensable
• inconsequential
• nonessential

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2

as in strained

lacking in natural or spontaneous quality

wasn't thrilled with the suggestion and so responded with a forced smile

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strained
• mock
• affected
• unnatural
• false
• fake
• simulated
• assumed
• mechanical
• contrived
• exaggerated
• artificial
• pseudo
• pretended
• feigned
• plastic
• theatric
• phoney
• theatrical
• bogus
• spurious
• phony
• sham
• calculated
• cute
• deliberate
• factitious
• empty
• manufactured
• automatic
• labored
• hollow
• pat
• unreal
• concocted
• stiff
• formal
• canned
• put-on
• hypocritical
• unrealistic
• fabricated
• conscious
• conventional
• insincere
• cultivated
• rigid
• wooden
• facile
• melodramatic
• studied
• unauthentic
• hokey
• impersonal
• unctuous
• inflexible
• mealy
• histrionic
• stylized
• premeditated
• mincing
• overrefined
• two-faced
• left-handed
• genteel
• mealymouthed
• overacted
• simpering
• overdone
• artful
• cutesy
• double-dealing
• goody-goody

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• unaffected
• spontaneous
• right
• natural
• real
• genuine
• bona fide
• true
• realistic
• easy
• unforced
• artless
• authentic
• honest
• sincere
• smooth
• unfeigned
• ingenuous
• uncontrived
• unconscious
• effortless
• impromptu
• instinctive
• impulsive
• extemporaneous
• unpretending
• unprompted
• unrehearsed
• unstudied

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• unaffected
• spontaneous
• right
• natural
• real
• genuine
• bona fide
• true
• realistic
• easy
• unforced
• artless
• authentic
• honest
• sincere
• smooth
• unfeigned
• ingenuous
• uncontrived
• unconscious
• effortless
• impromptu
• instinctive
• impulsive
• extemporaneous
• unpretending
• unprompted
• unrehearsed
• unstudied

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3

as in unwilling

not made or done willingly or by choice

participation in the program was forced

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unwilling
• coerced
• accidental
• spontaneous
• unintended
• involuntary
• unintentional
• will-less
• automatic
• impulsive
• unplanned
• instinctive
• unconscious
• inadvertent
• unpremeditated
• unprompted
• unwitting
• unknowing

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• willing
• voluntary
• deliberate
• intentional
• wilful
• unforced
• conscious
• planned
• willful
• uncoerced
• advised
• knowing
• considered
• purposeful
• premeditated
• freewill
• volitional
• premeditative
• prepense
• self-imposed
• self-inflicted

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• willing
• voluntary
• deliberate
• intentional
• wilful
• unforced
• conscious
• planned
• willful
• uncoerced
• advised
• knowing
• considered
• purposeful
• premeditated
• freewill
• volitional
• premeditative
• prepense
• self-imposed
• self-inflicted

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forced

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verb

past tense of force

1

as in compelled

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

the public outcry from the scandal forced the mayor to resign

road construction forced them to take an alternate route

Synonyms & Similar Words

• compelled
• coerced
• obliged
• obligated
• pressured
• drove
• constrained
• impelled
• pressed
• dragooned
• blackmailed
• intimidated
• made
• impressed
• bullied
• sandbagged
• muscled
• threatened
• blackjacked
• browbeat
• dragged
• hectored
• cowed
• bulldozed
• twisted one's arm
• terrorized
• shamed
• badgered
• menaced
• harassed
• hounded
• high-pressured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• let
• allowed
• permitted
• moved
• induced
• convinced
• argued
• satisfied
• won (over)
• persuaded
• talked (into)
• prevailed (on or upon)

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• let
• allowed
• permitted
• moved
• induced
• convinced
• argued
• satisfied
• won (over)
• persuaded
• talked (into)
• prevailed (on or upon)

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2

as in violated

to engage in sexual activity and especially intercourse with a person unwilling or unable to give consent

was accused of forcing a woman

Synonyms & Similar Words

• violated
• raped
• assaulted
• ravished
• date raped
• molested
• gang raped
• deflowered
• pawed
• defiled