force Antonyms
Meaning of force
force (n)
a powerful effect or influence
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
physical energy or intensity
group of people willing to obey orders
a unit that is part of some military service
an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
a group of people having the power of effective action
(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
force (v)
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
move with force
impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably
squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
do forcibly; exert force
take by force
force (v. t.)
To stuff; to lard; to farce.
force (n.)
A waterfall; a cascade.
Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.
Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.
Validity; efficacy.
Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.
To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.
To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one;s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.
To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; -- with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.
To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.
To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
To provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
force (v. i.)
To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.
To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.
To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
force Sentence Examples
- The gravitational force pulls objects towards the center of the Earth.
- The force of friction opposes the motion of objects in contact with a surface.
- The electromagnetic force is responsible for the attraction and repulsion between charged particles.
- The strong force binds atomic nuclei together.
- The weak force is involved in radioactive decay.
- The centrifugal force acts on objects moving in a circular path.
- The Coriolis force deflects objects moving on the Earth's surface.
- The buoyant force keeps objects afloat in a fluid.
- The pressure force exerted by a fluid is proportional to its depth.
- The muscular force allows animals to move and manipulate objects.
FAQs About the word force
a powerful effect or influence, (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity, physical energy or intensity, group of people willing to
compel, coerce, obligate, oblige,drive, intimidate, muscle, pressure, impel, blackmail
let, allow,let, permit, allow, permit, convince, satisfy, win (over), argue
The gravitational force pulls objects towards the center of the Earth.
The force of friction opposes the motion of objects in contact with a surface.
The electromagnetic force is responsible for the attraction and repulsion between charged particles.
The strong force binds atomic nuclei together.
