force

Meanings

• a powerful effect or influence
  • "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
• (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
  • "force equals mass times acceleration"
• physical energy or intensity
  • "he hit with all the force he could muster"
  • "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"
• group of people willing to obey orders
  • "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens"
• a unit that is part of some military service
  • "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"
• an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
  • "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"
• one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
  • "may the force be with you"
  • "the forces of evil"
• a group of people having the power of effective action
  • "he joined forces with a band of adventurers"
• (of a law) having legal validity
• a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
  • "the shortstop got the runner at second on a force"
• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
  • "She forced him to take a job in the city"
• urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
• move with force,
• impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
  • "She forced her diet fads on him"
• squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
• cause to move by pulling
• do forcibly; exert force
  • "Don't force it!"
• take by force

Synonyms

coerce, draw, drive, effect, force out, force play, force-out, forcefulness, hale, impel, military force, military group, military unit, personnel, power, pressure, pull, push, ram, squeeze, storm, strength, thrust, violence, wedge