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| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
| Synonyms: | bind, coerce, command, compel, constrain, force, impel, make, necessitate, obligate, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let off |
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do a favor or kindness |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward, benefit, come around, contribute, convenience, don't make waves, favor, fill the bill, fit in, go fifty-fifty, gratify, grin and bear it, help, indulge, make a deal, make room, meet halfway*, please, profit, put oneself out, roll with it, serve, swim with the tide, take it*, toe the mark |
| Antonyms: | be mean |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coerce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compel, press |
| Synonyms: | beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | condescend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stoop, humble oneself |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, accord, acquiesce, agree, bend, comply, concede, deign, descend, favor, grant, oblige, submit, vouchsafe, yield, be courteous, come down off high horse, degrade oneself, demean oneself, high hat, lower oneself, see fit, talk down to, toss a few crumbs, unbend |
| Antonyms: | rise above |
| Main Entry: | constrain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force; restrain |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, bind, bottle up, bridle, chain, check, coerce, compel, confine, constrict, cork, curb, deny, deprive, disallow, drive, hold back, immure, impel, imprison, incarcerate, inhibit, intern, jail, make, necessitate, oblige, pressure, stifle, urge, withhold, concuss, cool off, hem in, hog-tie, hold down, hold in, keep lid on, pressurize, put half nelson on, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | free, release, let go |
| 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 |
| 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: | enlist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for responsibility |
| Synonyms: | admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, take on, volunteer, call up, conscribe, join up, press into service, sign on |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, shun |
| Main Entry: | exact |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand, call for |
| Synonyms: | assess, bleed, call, challenge, claim, coerce, command, compel, constrain, extort, extract, force, gouge, impose, levy, oblige, pinch, postulate, put on, require, requisition, solicit, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring, insist upon, lean on, shake down* |
| Antonyms: | give |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gratify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give pleasure; satisfy |
| Synonyms: | appease, arride, baby*, cater to, coddle, content, delectate, delight, do one proud, do the trick, enchant, favor, fill the bill, fulfill*, get one's kicks, gladden, hit the spot*, humor, indulge, make a hit, make happy, oblige, pamper, please, recompense, requite, thrill |
| Antonyms: | annoy, disappoint, disturb, frustrate, offend, pain, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prompt, incite |
| Synonyms: | actuate, boost, compel, constrain, drive, excite, foment, force, goad, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, jog, lash, mobilize, motivate, move, oblige, poke, power, press, prod, propel, push, require, shove, spur, start, stimulate, thrust, urge, set in motion |
| Antonyms: | delay, dissuade, repress, slow, suppress |
| 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: | 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: | lend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | loan, accommodate |
| Synonyms: | add, advance, afford, allow, bestow, confer, contribute, entrust, extend, furnish, give, grant, impart, let, loan shark, oblige, permit, present, provide, stake, supply, trust, lay on one, lend-lease, shark |
| Antonyms: | borrow |
| 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: | obligate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
| Synonyms: | bind, constrain, force, oblige, restrain, restrict, astrict, indebt, make indebted |
| Antonyms: | let off |
| Main Entry: | command |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demand |
| Synonyms: | adjure, appoint, authorize, ban, bar, beckon, bid, call, call for, charge, check, cite, compel, debar, dictate, direct, enact, enjoin, exact, forbid, grant, impose, inflict, inhibit, instruct, interdict, oblige, ordain, order, proclaim, prohibit, require, requisition, restrain, rule out, set, subpoena, summon, task, tell, warn, call on, call the signals, call upon, force upon, give directions, give orders, lay down the law, mark out, ordinate, put foot down, send for, take charge, take lead |
| Antonyms: | contradict, countermand, oppose, recall, reverse, revoke |
| 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, coerce, command, compel, constrain, direct, enjoin, entreat, exact, expect, force, hit, implore, importune, inquire, interrogate, knock, nag, necessitate, oblige, order, pester, petition, postulate, pray, press, question, request, require, requisition, solicit, stipulate, summon, supplicate, tax, urge, clamor for, counterclaim, dun, hit up, impetrate, insist on, sue for, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | give, grant, offer, reply |
| Main Entry: | drive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move or urge on |
| Synonyms: | actuate, animate, arouse, bulldoze*, chase, coerce, compel, constrain, dog*, egg on*, encourage, force, goad, harass, hasten, herd, hound*, hurl, hurry, hustle, impel, induce, inspire, instigate, kick, make, motivate, nag, oblige, overburden, overwork, pound, press, pressure, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, push, railroad*, ride herd on*, rouse, rush, send, shepherd, shove, spur, stimulate, worry, act upon, goose*, lean on, put up to, spirit up, steamroll, work on |
| Antonyms: | check, curb, discourage, dissuade, halt, repress, retard, stop |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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