If you want to be respected by others the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
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Compel
//kəmˈpɛl//
Synonyms for "compel" (116 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (34)
Related words (58)
keep underlord it overmakemotivatemovemove to actionnot let goobsessoppressoveraweoverbearovermasteroverridepossesspowerpreoccupypresspress heavy onpressurepromote
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propelprovokepushput in motionrailroadrepressrestrainride override roughshod overscrewset agoingset goingset in motionshotgunsparkstimulatesubduesubjectsubjugatesuppressterrorizethrusttietrample downtrample upontread downtread upontyrannizetyrannize overunmanuse force uponwalk all overwalk overweigh heavy onwhip onwrench
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15 entriesSynonyms
9 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
112 translations across 39 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναγκάζω verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Arabic
3 entries- أَجْبَرَ verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- أَكْرَهَ verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- اِضْطَرَّ verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Armenian
4 entries- ենթարկել verb (overpower)
- հարկադրել verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- պարտադրել verb (exact by force)
- ստիպել verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- məcbur etmək verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Belarusian
4 entries- зму́сіць verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- змуша́ць verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- прыму́сіць verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- прымуша́ць verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заста́вя verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- заста́вям verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- наси́лвам verb (exact by force)
- подчиня́вам verb (overpower)
Catalan
2 entries- forçar verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- obligar verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 強迫 /强迫 verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Czech
4 entries- donutit verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- nutit verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- podrobit verb (overpower)
- podrobovat verb (overpower)
Danish
2 entries- nødsage verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- tvinge verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Dutch
4 entries- afdwingen verb (exact by force)
- bedwingen verb (overpower)
- bijeendrijven verb (drive together, round up)
- dwingen verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Esperanto
1 entries- devigi verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Finnish
4 entries- ajaa verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- ajaa kokoon verb (drive together, round up)
- alistaa verb (overpower)
- johdattaa verb (exact by force)
French
3 entries- contraindre verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- forcer verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- obliger verb (exact by force)
Galician
4 entries- apremar verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- domear verb (overpower)
- domear verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- obrigar verb (force, constrain or coerce)
German
4 entries- nötigen verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- zwingen verb (overpower)
- zwingen verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- zwingen verb (exact by force)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Greek
2 entries- αναγκάζω verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- υποχρεώνω verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Hindi
2 entries- विवश करना verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- विवश करना verb (exact by force)
Italian
3 entries- costringere verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- forzare verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- obbligare verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Japanese
1 entries- 強いる verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Korean
1 entries- 강요하다 verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Latin
1 entries- compellō verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Macedonian
2 entries- принудува verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- присилува verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Mongolian
1 entries- албадах verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Māori
3 entries- uruhi verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- uruhi verb (exact by force)
- ā verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Norwegian
1 entries- tvinge verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- avtvinge verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- avtvinge verb (exact by force)
- nødsage verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- tvinge verb (exact by force)
Old English
1 entries- nīedan verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Old Norse
1 entries- nauðga verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Polish
2 entries- zmusić verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- zmuszać verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Portuguese
2 entries- forçar verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- obrigar verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Russian
4 entries- вы́нудить verb (exact by force)
- вынужда́ть verb (exact by force)
- заста́вить verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- заставля́ть verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prìsiliti verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- sȉliti verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- прѝсилити verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- си̏лити verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Slovak
3 entries- donútiť verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- nútiť verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- prinútiť verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Slovene
1 entries- prisiliti verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Spanish
1 entries- compeler verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Swedish
1 entries- tvinga verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Ukrainian
4 entries- зму́сити verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- зму́шувати verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- приму́сити verb (force, constrain or coerce)
- приму́шувати verb (force, constrain or coerce)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Hunger is a very powerful human instinct which can compel us to extremes of behaviour.
Source: tatoeba (5206618)
I compel you to adhere to our master's teachings.
Source: tatoeba (6687029)
O Muse, assist me and inspire my song, / the various causes and the crimes relate, / for what affronted majesty, what wrong / to injured Godhead, what offence so great / Heaven's Queen resenting, with remorseless hate, / could one renowned for piety compel / to brave such troubles, and endure the weight / of toils so many and so huge. O tell / how can in heavenly minds such fierce resentment dwell?
Source: tatoeba (6778742)
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