| Main Entry: |
forced |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
compulsory, strained |
Synonyms: |
affected,
artificial, begrudging,
binding,
bound, coerced, coercive, compelled, conscripted, constrained,
contrived,
enforced, factitious,
false, grudging,
inflexible,
insincere, involuntary, labored,
mandatory,
obligatory,
peremptory,
rigid,
slave,
stiff,
stringent,
unnatural,
unwilling, wooden
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| Notes: |
forcible indicates the use of brute force, forced means done involuntarily, and forceful suggests a potential for force |
Antonyms: |
noncompulsory, spontaneous, unforced, voluntary
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