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coercing
Overview of verb coerce
The verb coerce has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, 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"; "He squeezed her for information")
Antonyms of verb coerce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> compel, oblige, obligate
=> induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> turn up the heat, turn up the pressure
=> drive
=> bludgeon
=> steamroller, steamroll
=> squeeze for
=> dragoon, sandbag, railroad
=> terrorize, terrorise
=> bring oneself
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> compel, oblige, obligate
'Cause To' of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> act, move
Derived Forms of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
RELATED TO>(adj) coercive#1
=> coercive
RELATED TO>(noun) coercion#1
=> coercion
RELATED TO>(noun) coercion#2
=> compulsion, coercion
Domain of verb coerce
Domain Terms of verb coerce
Familiarity of verb coerce
coerce used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
EX: They coerce him to write the letter
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb coerce
1 sense of coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
> compel, oblige, obligate
=> force, thrust
=> walk
=> coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> clamor
=> condemn
=> shame
=> enforce, implement, apply
=> enforce, impose
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb coerce
Sense 1
coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, force
=> compel, oblige, obligate
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Grep of verb coerce
coerce
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