| Main Entry: | necessitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call for, make necessary |
Synonyms: |
ask, behoove, cause, coerce, command, compel, constrain, crave, demand, drive, entail, force, impel, make, oblige, postulate, require, take |
| 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: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligated; destined |
Synonyms: |
apprenticed, articled, bent, bounden, certain, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, doomed, driven, duty-bound, enslaved, fated, firm, forced, having no alternative, impelled, indentured, intent, made, necessitated, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, under compulsion, under necessity, urged |
Antonyms: |
allowed, free, permitted, unbounded, unobliged, unrestricted |
| Main Entry: | call for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand; entail |
Synonyms: |
ask for, inquire, involve, lack, necessitate, need, occasion, request, require, suggest, want |
| 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: | 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: | cost |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | harm; exact a penalty |
Synonyms: |
do disservice to, expect, hurt, infuriate, lose, necessitate, obligate, require |
| Main Entry: | crave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | beg |
Synonyms: |
ask, beseech, call for, demand, entreat, implore, necessitate, petition, plead for, pray for, require, seek, solicit, supplicate, take |
Antonyms: |
not want |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask strongly for something |
Synonyms: |
abuse, appeal, apply, arrogate, badger, beg, beseech, besiege, bid, challenge, charge, cite, claim, clamor for, coerce, command, compel, constrain, counterclaim, direct, dun, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, hit up, impetrate, implore, importune, inquire, insist on, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, sue for, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, whistle for |
Antonyms: |
give, grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | demand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
Synonyms: |
ask, call for, command, crave, cry out for, fail, involve, lack, necessitate, need, oblige, take, want |
Antonyms: |
give, present, supply |