Synonyms of forces

forces 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of force

1

as in compels

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

• compels
• coerces
• obliges
• obligates
• pressures
• drives
• constrains
• muscles
• impels
• presses
• dragoons
• blackmails
• bullies
• impresses
• intimidates
• sandbags
• makes
• threatens
• cows
• blackjacks
• twists one's arm
• menaces
• browbeats
• high-pressures
• drags
• terrorizes
• bulldozes
• shames
• hectors
• badgers
• harasses
• hounds

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permits
• allows
• lets
• moves
• argues
• induces
• wins (over)
• satisfies
• prevails (on or upon)
• talks (into)
• convinces
• persuades

2

as in violates

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

• violates
• rapes
• assaults
• ravishes
• date rapes
• gang rapes
• deflowers
• molests
• paws
• defiles

forces

2 of 2

noun

plural of force

1

as in workforces

a body of persons at work or available for work

the entire force of the shipyard will be needed to get this government order done on time

Synonyms & Similar Words

• workforces
• staffs
• manpowers
• pools
• crews
• workers
• labor forces
• personnels
• help
• employees
• teams
• companies
• squads
• helpers
• gangs
• proletariats
• bands
• hirelings
• outfits
• parties
• supports
• labors
• blood
• rank and files

2

as in pressures

the use of power to impose one's will on another

a cruel tyrant who disbanded the parliament and ruled by force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pressures
• constraints
• compulsions
• violences
• intimidations
• coercions
• fears
• threats
• stresses
• strengths
• terrors
• arm-twistings
• muscles
• duresses
• menaces
• terrorisms
• swords
• squeezes
• potencies
• mights
• puissances
• browbeatings
• bulldozings
• squeeze plays
• self-wills
• strains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreements
• consents
• approvals
• permissions
• reasons
• persuasions
• suasions

3

as in police

a body of officers of the law

the police detective retired after 23 years on the force

Synonyms & Similar Words

• police
• constabularies
• police forces
• men
• policemen
• heat
• officers
• cops
• troopers
• gendarmes
• constables
• police officers
• bluecoats
• policewomen
• coppers
• fuzzes
• bulls
• bobbies
• shamuses
• peelers

4

as in supplies

the number of individuals or amount of something available at any given time

the great debate during the Cold War was whether the nation's missile force was adequate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• supplies
• inventories
• repertoires
• funds
• pools
• reservoirs
• budgets
• stocks
• resources
• sources
• hoards
• reserves
• stockpiles
• replacements
• caches
• mines
• springs
• renewals
• wells
• purses
• fountains
• refills
• nest eggs
• kitties
• pots
• wellsprings

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forces

Verb

For the third time tonight, Evans forces Winter Park to turn the ball over on downs, this time at the 8 yard line. — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026

La Gradiva takes a tragic turn in its final act that forces a reexamination of the loose, observant filmmaking that led to it. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

That decision turns a vast uprising into the story of one man whose loss forces him to confront the larger indignities of the world that remains. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Coxon argued that corporate competition has trapped labs in a hubristic race that forces them to build dangerous systems first. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Every time we're displaced from one place, war comes and forces us to leave again! — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

The spinoff follows Alex Holland (Ellis), who, after a violent home invasion, faces a midlife crisis that forces him to confront a lifetime of his shortcomings. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026

What remains is whether your program acknowledges it before or after an incident forces the acknowledgment for you. — Egor Karpovich, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Handwriting is slower than typing, which forces people to summarize and rephrase a teacher or coach’s point in their own words. — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Noun

Immediately afterward, a second microwave pulse flips the atom into the opposite state, so the superposition that’s flying upward changes into magnetically blind one, and starts falling under gravity with no other forces influencing it. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026

Yemeni government forces and their allies are relocating south along the Red Sea coast to Dhubab on the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, across from Perim Island, according to government military sources. — Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2026

Once thousands of people were streaming across the border on July 30, a Defense Ministry intelligence report issued that day stated that Moroccan forces were passive and acted negligently to stop migrants. — CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Several years on from that fateful attack, another shocking act of gun violence forces the estranged sisters back together at the insistence of their defense attorney father (Brendan Gleeson). — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Trapped between the encroaching criminal forces and a supernatural evil no one else will confront, Younger must fight to save his mother and survive the estate long enough to escape it. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that its forces shot down 448 Ukrainian drones overnight. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Both said the rebels had seized control of the al-Shaqira area in Taiz, an important supply route for Yemeni government forces in south Hodeida. — Ahmed Al-Haj, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Paul Greengrass has long been drawn to ordinary people standing up against forces greater than themselves. — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing forces

• armed forces