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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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