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Enforcing - 18 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | enforce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put a rule, plan in force |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, administer, apply, carry out, coerce, commandeer, compel, constrain, demand, dictate, discharge, drive, effect, egg on*, emphasize, exact, execute, exert, expect, extort, fortify, fulfill, goad, hound, impel, implement, impose, incite, invoke, lash, make, necessitate, oblige, perform, press, prosecute, reinforce, require, sanction, spur, strain, stress, strong-arm, support, urge, whip, wrest, administrate, crack down, dragoon, force upon, insist on, lean on, put into effect, put screws to |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, drop, forego, forget, neglect, overlook, give up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enforcement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement to obey; implementation of rule(s) |
| Synonyms: | administration, application, coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, execution, imposition, insistence, lash, martial law, obligation, prescription, pressure, prosecution, reinforcement, spur, whip, carrying out, compulsory law, enforcing, exaction, fulfilling, impulsion, necessitation |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, forgetfulness, neglect, renunciation, slight |
| Main Entry: | act |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, begin, carry on, carry out, consummate, cook, create, develop, do, do a number, do one's thing, enforce, execute, function, get in there, go about, go for broke, go for it*, go in for, go that route, go to town, intrude, knock off*, labor, make progress, maneuver, move, officiate, operate, percolate*, perk*, perpetrate, persevere, persist, practice, preside, pursue, respond, serve, take effect, take part, take steps, take up, transort, undertake, work out |
| Notes: | an act is the main dramatic unit and a scene is a division within an act |
| Antonyms: | abstain, cease, discontinue, give up, halt, hesitate, idle, refrain, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bully |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidate, push around |
| Synonyms: | bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, bulldoze, coerce, cow, domineer, enforce, harass, hector, menace, oppress, persecute, swagger, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, tyrannize, buffalo, despotize, dragoon, lean on, overbear, ride roughshod, showboat, turn on the heat, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | allow, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | compel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force to act |
| Synonyms: | bulldoze*, coerce, constrain, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, necessitate, oblige, restrain, squeeze, urge, concuss, crack down, dragoon, make necessary, put the arm on, put the chill on, shotgun, throw weight around, turn on the heat |
| Antonyms: | block, check, delay, deter, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browbeat, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, rattle, scare, strong-arm*, subdue, terrorize, unnerve, buffalo, dragoon, lean on, overawe, push around, showboat, turn on the heat, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | encourage, hearten, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dispense |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | operate, administer |
| Synonyms: | apply, carry out, command, direct, discharge, enforce, execute, handle, implement, manage, maneuver, manipulate, swing, undertake, wield |
| Main Entry: | effect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, actualize, actuate, begin, bring about, bring off, bring on, buy, carry through, cause, complete, conceive, conclude, consummate, create, do a number, do one's thing, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, draw on, effectuate, enact, enforce, execute, fulfill, generate, get across, get to, give rise to, implement, induce, initiate, invoke, make, make it, make waves, perform, procure, produce, pull it off, put across, realize, render, secure, sell, turn out, turn the trick, unzip, yield |
| Antonyms: | fail, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook |
| Main Entry: | execute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out a task |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, administer, bring off, cause, come through, complete, consummate, discharge, do, effect, enact, enforce, finish, fulfill, govern, hack it*, hit*, implement, meet, percolate*, perform, play, polish off*, prosecute, pull off*, realize, render, score*, transact, administrate, bring to fruition, deal with, do the job, do the trick, do to a T, earn wings, get there, make it, put into effect, put over, put through, sail through, take care of, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | abandon, disregard, fail, forget, ignore, leave, miss, neglect, shirk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
| Synonyms: | apply, bear down, bind, blackmail, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, press, pressure, require, restrict, strong-arm*, urge, wrest, wring, bear hard on, bring pressure to bear upon, concuss, dragoon*, pin down, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, sandbag, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let go |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | implement |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, put into action |
| Synonyms: | achieve, actualize, bring about, carry out, complete, effect, enable, enforce, execute, fulfill, invoke, materialize, perform, realize, resolve, make good, make possible, provide the means, put into effect |
| Antonyms: | cancel, cease, delay, halt, hinder, pause, stop |
| Main Entry: | impose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set, dictate |
| Synonyms: | appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lay, levy, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, require, saddle*, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck, force upon, lade, lay down, lay down the law, move in on, put foot down, read riot act, take advantage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | affect, arouse, awe, bulldoze*, carry, electrify, enforce, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand*, inspire, kill*, knock out*, move, pique, provoke, register, score, show off, slay*, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch*, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, enthuse, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, overawe, push around |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimidate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frighten, threaten |
| Synonyms: | alarm, appall, awe, badger, bait, bludgeon, bluster, bowl over*, browbeat*, buffalo, bulldoze*, bully, chill, coerce, compel, constrain, cow*, daunt, dishearten, dismay, dispirit, disquiet, dragoon, enforce, force, hound*, lean on, oblige, overawe, push around, ride*, ruffle, scare, showboat, spook, strong-arm, subdue, terrify, terrorize, twist someone's arm |
| Antonyms: | assist, encourage, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put into effect |
| Synonyms: | apply, effect, enforce, implement, initiate, use, call in, have recourse to, resort to |
| Main Entry: | operate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform, function |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, act, act on, advance, behave, bend, benefit, bring about, burn, carry on, click*, compel, complete, concern, conduct, contact, contrive, convey, cook*, determine, direct, do, enforce, engage, exert, finish, fulfill, go, hit*, hum, influence, keep, lift, move, ordain, percolate, proceed, produce, progress, promote, react, revolve, roll, run, serve, spin, take, tick, transport, turn, work, be in action, get results, produce a result |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | carry out, accomplish |
| Synonyms: | achieve, act, behave, bring about, bring off, complete, comply, discharge, dispose of, do, effect, end, enforce, execute, finish, fulfill, function, implement, meet, move, observe, operate, percolate, perk, pull off*, react, realize, satisfy, take, tick, transact, wind up, work, be engaged in, carry through, carry to completion, deliver the goods, do justice to, do to a turn, go that route, put through, run with the ball, take care of business |
| Antonyms: | fail, halt, prevent, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | threaten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | warn, pressure |
| Synonyms: | abuse, admonish, augur, blackmail, bluster, browbeat, bully, caution, cow, enforce, forebode, forewarn, fulminate, growl, intimidate, menace, portend, presage, scare, scowl, snarl, spook, terrorize, torment, comminate, flex muscles, look daggers, make threat, pressurize, push around, shake fist at, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | alleviate, help, protect, relieve |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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