| 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 |
| 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: | firearm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gun |
Synonyms: |
handgun, heat*, musket, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, weapon |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
Synonyms: |
apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
Antonyms: |
let go |
| Main Entry: | guard |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect, watch |
Synonyms: |
attend, baby-sit, bulwark, chaperon, chaperone, conduct, convoy, cover, cover up, defend, escort, fend, keep, keep an eye on, keep in view, keep under surveillance, look after, lookout, mind, observe, oversee, patrol, police*, preserve, ride shotgun for, safeguard, save, screen, secure, see after, shelter, shepherd, shield, shotgun, stonewall, superintend, supervise, tend |
Antonyms: |
disregard, forget, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon that shoots |
Synonyms: |
9 mm., Saturday-night special, Uzi, blaster, cannon, difference*, equalizer, flintlock, forty-five, handgun, hardware, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter, persuader, piece*, pistol, revolver, rifle, rod, shotgun, thirty-eight |
| Main Entry: | look out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be wary |
Synonyms: |
be alert, be careful, be on guard, beware, check out, have a care, heads up, hearken, keep an eye out, keep tabs, listen, mind, notice, pay attention, peg, pick up on, scope, shotgun, size up, spot, spy, watch out |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | make |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | induce, compel |
Synonyms: |
bring about, cause, coerce, concuss, constrain, dragoon, drive, effect, force, horn in, impel, impress, initiate, interfere, meddle, oblige, press, pressurize, prevail upon, require, secure, shotgun, start, tamper |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dissuade, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
Synonyms: |
bind, coerce, command, compel, constrain, force, impel, make, necessitate, obligate, shotgun |
Antonyms: |
let off |