adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of force form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Obtained forcefully, not naturally.

   "The forced labor went on for 14 years."

2. 2
   Opened or accessed using force.
3. 3
   Produced by strain; not spontaneous; unsincere.

   "forced laughter"

Adjective

1. 1
   lacking spontaneity; not natural wordnet
2. 2
   made necessary by an unexpected situation or emergency wordnet
3. 3
   forced or compelled wordnet
4. 4
   produced by or subjected to forcing wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

constrainedinvoluntaryaffectedarduousartificialat odds

Antonyms

All antonyms

optionalunrestrained

Example

More examples

"The thief forced her to hand over the money."

Related phrases

forced airforced betforced biforced convectionforced disappearanceforced entryforced errorforced expiratory timeforced heirforced heirshipforced inductionforced justified

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