Synonyms of muscling

muscling

verb

present participle of muscle

1

as in forcing

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

he was muscled out of command by his opponents at military headquarters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forcing
• coercing
• compelling
• pressuring
• obliging
• obligating
• driving
• blackmailing
• constraining
• impressing
• pressing
• sandbagging
• dragooning
• making
• intimidating
• bullying
• browbeating
• bulldozing
• dragging
• impelling
• cowing
• threatening
• terrorizing
• blackjacking
• badgering
• shaming
• hectoring
• harassing
• twisting one's arm
• menacing
• hounding
• high-pressuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• letting
• allowing
• permitting
• moving
• arguing
• inducing
• talking (into)
• satisfying
• winning (over)
• persuading
• convincing
• prevailing (on or upon)

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• letting
• allowing
• permitting
• moving
• arguing
• inducing
• talking (into)
• satisfying
• winning (over)
• persuading
• convincing
• prevailing (on or upon)

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2

as in pushing

to force one's way

muscling straight through the packed crowd of people waiting to board the ship

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pushing
• squeezing
• shoving
• jostling
• jamming
• elbowing
• pressing
• shouldering
• crashing
• bulldozing
• thrusting
• bulling
• boring
• ramming