Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Compulsion

Nouns
  • compulsion, coercion, coaction, constraint, duress, enforcement, press, conscription. force
  • brute force, main force, physical force
  • the sword
  • club law, lynch law, mob law, arguementum baculinum, martial law. restraint etc. Restraint
  • necessity etc. Necessity
  • Hobson's choice.
Verbs
  • compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige. force upon, press
  • cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat
  • say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial
  • put down, dragoon. extort, wring from
  • squeeze, put on the squeeze
  • put on the screws, turn on the screw
  • drag into
  • bind, bind over
  • pin down, tie down
  • require, tax, put in force
  • commandeer
  • restrain etc. Restraint.
Adjectives
  • compelling etc. v.
  • coercive, coactive
  • inexorable etc. Severity
  • compulsory, compulsatory
  • obligatory, stringent, peremptory. forcible, not to be trifled with
  • irresistible etc. Necessity
  • compelled etc. v.
  • fain to.
Adverbs
  • by force etc. n., by force of arms
  • on compulsion, perforce
  • under the lash
  • at the point of the sword, at the point of the bayonet
  • forcibly
  • by a strong arm. under protest, in spite of one's teeth
  • against one's will etc. Unwillingness
  • by stress of circumstances, by stress of weather
  • under press of
  • de rigueur. with a gun to one's head.
Phrases
  • I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.