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Main Entry: compel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: force to act

Synonyms:

bulldoze, coerce, concuss, constrain, crack down, dragoon, drive, enforce, exact, hustle, impel, make, make necessary, necessitate, oblige, put the arm on, put the chill on, restrain, shotgun, squeeze, throw weight around, turn on the heat, urge
Notes: impel means to urge or encourage while compel means to take action as a result of pressure or coercion; impel is very similar in meaning to compel but suggests even more strongly an inner drive to do something and often a greater urgency in the desire to act

Antonyms:

block, check, delay, deter, hinder, impede, obstruct, stop
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: persuade; influence

Synonyms:

change mind, compel, direct, mold, shape, subdue, submit, sway, yield
Main Entry: bind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: obligate; restrict

Synonyms:

compel, confine, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, hogtie, indenture, lock up, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, put half nelson on, put lock on, require, restrain, restrict, yoke

Antonyms:

allow, free, let, permit, set free
Main Entry: blackmail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: intimidating for money

Synonyms:

badger, bleed, coerce, compel, demand, exact, extort, force, hold to ransom, milk, put the shake on, ransom, shake down, shake*, squeeze*, threaten
Main Entry: bring
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cause; influence

Synonyms:

begin, compel, contribute to, convert, convince, create, dispose, effect, engender, force, induce, inflict, lead, make, move, occasion, persuade, prevail on, prevail upon, produce, prompt, result in, sway, wreak

Antonyms:

avoid, back out, desist, give up, hold back, pass up
Main Entry: cause
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bring into being; bring about

Synonyms:

be at the bottom of, begin, brainstorm*, break in, break the ice, breed, bring to pass, come out with, compel, cook up, create, dream up, effect, elicit, engender, evoke, fire up, generate, get things rolling, give rise to, hatch, incite, induce, introduce, kickoff, kindle, lead to, let, make, make up, motivate, muster, occasion, open, originate, precipitate, produce, provoke, result in, revert, secure, sow the seeds, start the ball rolling, think up, work up
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: demand

Synonyms:

adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, call on, call the signals, call upon, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, force upon, give directions, give orders, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, lay down the law, mark out, oblige, ordain, order, ordinate, proclaim, prohibit, put foot down, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, send for, set, subpoena, summon, take charge, take lead, task, tell, warn
Notes: an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels

Antonyms:

contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke
Main Entry: command
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rule, have power

Synonyms:

administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, exercise power, force, govern, guide, have authority, head, hinder, hold office, influence, lead, manage, officiate, oppress, overbear, override, predominate, prescribe, preside over, prevail, push, regulate, reign, reign over, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, take over, tyrannize, wield

Antonyms:

follow
Main Entry: constrain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: force; restrain

Synonyms:

ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, concuss, confine, constrict, cool off, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hem in, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, keep lid on, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun, stifle, urge, withhold

Antonyms:

free, let go, release
Main Entry: decree
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: order rule or action

Synonyms:

announce, command, compel, constrain, decide, declare, demand, determine, dictate, enact, force, impose, lay down the law, oblige, ordain, prescribe, proclaim, pronounce, put one's foot down, read the riot act, require, rule, set
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