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Defenition of the word coerce

    • Defenition of the word coerce

      • To exert violence, or constraint upon or against a person in order to obtain something by physical, moral or intellectual means.
      • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"
      • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"
      • to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :

    Synonyms for the word coerce

      • bully
      • compel
      • drive
      • force
      • intimidate
      • persuade
      • pressure
      • pressurize

    Similar words in the coerce

      • coerce
      • coerced
      • coerces

    Hyponyms for the word coerce

      • bludgeon
      • bring oneself
      • dragoon
      • drive
      • railroad
      • sandbag
      • squeeze for
      • steamroll
      • steamroller
      • terrorise
      • terrorize
      • turn up the heat
      • turn up the pressure

    Hypernyms for the word coerce

      • compel
      • obligate
      • oblige

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