forced

Meanings

Verb

• 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
• take by force
• simple past and past participle of force

Adjective

• produced by or subjected to forcing
  • "forced-air heating"
  • "furnaces of the forced-convection type"
  • "forced convection in plasma generators"

Adjective Satellite

• forced or compelled
  • "promised to abolish forced labor"
• made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency
  • "a forced landing"
• lacking spontaneity; not natural
  • "forced heartiness"

Adj

• Obtained forcefully, not naturally.
• Opened or accessed using force.
• Produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere.

Synonyms

coerce, constrained, draw, drive, force, forcible, hale, impel, pressure, pull, push, ram, squeeze, storm, strained, thrust, wedge

Antonyms

pull, push

Anagrams of forced