Synonyms of perforce

perforce

adverb

pər-ˈfȯrs 

as in inevitably

because of necessity

we must, perforce, deal with this issue immediately, as procrastination is not an option

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inevitably
• necessarily
• needs
• unavoidably
• inescapably
• involuntarily
• ineluctably
• ipso facto

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perforce

Harder, because both were (or still are, in Bissinger’s case) received in the world as heterosexual, successful, wealthy white men—an armor whose cracking is perforce traumatic, shameful, and almost always hidden. — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2019

Someone who loses his career is perforce no longer in an alliance with the employer. — Lidija Haas, The New Republic, 1 July 2019

Take the Best Revival of a Musical category, which this year will perforce be a showdown between Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! — Adam Green, Vogue, 30 Apr. 2019

The search zone is the creation of the ATSB, and is perforce somewhat arbitrary. — Bucky McMahon, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015

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