I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
Source: tatoeba (8989349)
Coerce
//koʊˈɝs//
Synonyms for "coerce" (86 found)
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Closest matches (18)
Strong matches (25)
Related words (43)
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Translations
64 translations across 25 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَجْبَرَ verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- اِضْطَرَّ verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Armenian
1 entries- հարկադրել verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Belarusian
4 entries- зму́сіць verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- змуша́ць verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- прыму́сіць verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- прымуша́ць verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заста́вя verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- заста́вям verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- прину́дя verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- принужда́вам verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 強迫 /强迫 verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Czech
3 entries- donutit verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- nutit verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- přinutit verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Dutch
4 entries- afdwingen verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- dwingen verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- forceren verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- forceren verb (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type)
Finnish
3 entries- painostaa verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- pakottaa verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- pakottaa verb (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type)
French
4 entries- contraindre verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- forcer verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- forcer verb (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type)
- retenir verb (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb)
German
4 entries- erzwingen verb (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb)
- erzwingen verb (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type)
- konvertieren verb (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type)
- zwingen verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Greek
2 entries- αναγκάζω verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- εξαναγκάζω verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Italian
1 entries- costringere verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Japanese
1 entries- 強いる verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Korean
1 entries- 강요하다 verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Latin
1 entries- coërceō verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Mongolian
1 entries- албадах verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Māori
1 entries- uruhi verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Norwegian
1 entries- tvinge verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Polish
2 entries- zmusić verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- zmuszać verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Portuguese
2 entries- coagir verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- forçar verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Russian
4 entries- заста́вить verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- заставля́ть verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- прину́дить verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- принужда́ть verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Slovak
3 entries- donútiť verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- nútiť verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- prinútiť verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Spanish
3 entries- coaccionar verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- coercer verb (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb)
- coercer verb (to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type)
Turkish
4 entries- mecbur etmek verb (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb)
- mecbur etmek verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- zorlamak verb (to restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb)
- zorlamak verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зму́сити verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- зму́шувати verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- приму́сити verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
- приму́шувати verb (to use force, threat, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against their will)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
He said laws should not coerce but protect public health while protecting human rights.
Source: tatoeba (11035783)
America uses its economic heft to coerce rivals and allies.
Source: tatoeba (13021769)
They coerced their children into going to the country park.
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