I consider the Jehovah's witnesses who knock on my door all the time to be no different from religious zealots trying to force their beliefs on me.
Source: tatoeba (1935)
Force
//fɔːs//
Synonyms for "force" (630 found)
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Closest matches (126)
coerceeffectimpelpowerpushviolenceactionabuseaccentactuateacutenessadministeradventuresomenessadventurousnessaffective meaningagencyagentaggressionaggressivenessambitiousness
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amountamperageamplitudeanimalityanimateapplyarmarmed forcesarmipotencearmyascendancyassaultatrocityauthoritativenessauthoritybacklashbacksetbackwashbarbaritybearbear uponbearingbeefbestowbetraybig battalionsbindbindingbitebitingnessblack powerblackmailbloodlustboostbreakbrutalitybrute forcebuckbulkbullbulldozebumpbump againstbuntbuttbutt againstcalibercaratcascadecataractcausecause tocentigramchargecharismacharmchutecloutcoercioncogencecogencycoloringcommandcompelcompulsionconcussconnotationconsequenceconstrainconstraintcontrolcrackcramcram incrashcreditcrewcrowdcrowd incultivateculturecurrentcutcuttingnessdashdebauchdecagramdeceivedecigramdecisivenessdecreedefiledeflectiondefloratedeflowerdelvedemand
Strong matches (189)
demonic energydenotationdespoildestructivenessdigdintdominancedominationdosedose withdragdragoondramdram avoirdupoisdressdriftdrivedrive induressdynamism
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dyneedgeeffectiveeffectivenesseffectualityefficacyeffortelboweloquenceeminenceempathyemphasisemployeesenchantmentenduranceenergizeenergyenforceenforce uponenjoinenterpriseenterprisingnessergalessenceesteemexactextensionextentextortextractextremityfallfallowfallsfavorfeebleferociousnessfertilizefiercenessfigureflower powerforce inforce majeureforce playforce uponforcefulnessfortitudefosterfull blastfull forcefuriousnessgalvanizeganggetget-up-and-getget-up-and-gogetupgistgivegogo aheadgo-aheadgo-gettinggo-to-itivenessgoadgood feelinggraingramgrammatical meaninggumptiongutsgutsinesshardinessharrowharshnesshaveheadwayheartinesshelphired helphoeholdhundredweighthurtlehustleideaimpactimpetuosityimpetusimplicationimportimportanceimposeimpressimpressionimpressivenessimprintimpulsein effectin forcein operationincidental powerincisivenessinclemencyinflictinfluenceinfluentialityinhumanityinitiativeinsinuationinstrumentalityintensionintensityintestinal fortitudeintimidatejabjamjam injogjogglejoltjostlejuicejustnesskilokilogramkinetic energyknock inlay onlead astrayleadershipleveragelexical meaninglinnlistliteral meaninglustihoodlustinessmagnetismmagnitudemain forcemain strengthmakemalignitymanamanhoodmarkmassmasterymattermeaningmeasuremeasurementmegatonmenmercilessnessmete out tomightmight and main
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mightinessmilitarymilitary unitmilligrammindlessnessmisleadmolemomentmomentummordancymotivatemovemove to actionmoxiemulchmurderousnessmusclemuscle powernaked forcenappe
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nervositynervousnessniagaranudgenumbersobligateobligeobstinacyoccasionoperativeorderounceounce avoirdupoisounce troyoutrageovertonepack inpainspennyweightpersistencepersonalitypersonnelpersuasionpertinencephysical forcepile drivepithpitilessnesspizzazzplowplunge inpoignancypointpokepoke inpooppotencepotencypotential energypotentialitypoundpound avoirdupoispound inpound troypoundalpower packpower structurepower strugglepowerfulnesspractical consequencepredominancepreponderanceprepotencyprescribeprescribe forpresspress inpressureprestigeprintpriseprizeprodproductivenessproductivitypromotepropelprovokepruneprypuissancepullpumppunchpurchasepurportpush inpushfulnesspushinesspushingnessput onput uponquantityquantumrackrailroadrakeramram downram inrandomrange of meaningraperattleravageravishreactionreal meaningrecoilreferencereferentreflexreignrelationrelevancerepercussionreputerequireresponserestrainretinuerigorrobustnessroughnessruggednessruinrulerule of mightrunrun againstrun insandbagsaultsavagerysayscopescrewscrupleseducesemantic clustersemantic fieldsenseservantryset in motionseverityshakeshamesharpnessshotgunshouldershovesignificancesignificationsignificatumsignifiesinewsinewinessslugsoilsoldierssoliditysoulsoundnessspadespan of meaningsparkspeedspiritspoilspoutspunksquadsqueeze instaffstalwartnessstaminastaying powersteamsteamrollersticking powerstimulatestonestormstoutnessstrainstrengthstrength of willstrenuousnessstressstrong armstrong languagestructural meaningstuffstuff insturdinesssuasionsubjugatesubstancesubstantialitysubtle influencesuggestionsullysumsum and substancesuperioritysuperpowersupremacyswaysymbolic meaningtamptamp intenortensionterrorismthe helpthinthin outthrustthrust intietilltill the soiltontonetotality of associationstoughnesstransferred meaningtrenchancytroopstroubletwisttyrannyultima ratiounadorned meaningundertoneunitunits of weightup-and-comingnessupper handurgeuse force uponvalidvalidityvaluevandalismvehemencevelocityvenomventuresomenessventurousnessviciousnessvigorvigorousnessvimviolatevirilityvirtuevirulencevisitvitalitywaterfallwatershootwattagewedgewedge inweedweed outweightwhip handwholeworkwreakwreckwrenchwrestwring
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509 translations across 117 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- krag noun (physical quantity)
Albanian
1 entries- fuqi noun (physical quantity)
Amharic
1 entries- ኀይል noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- βία noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- βιάζω verb (to compel someone to do something)
- ἀναγκάζω verb (to compel someone to do something)
Arabic
4 entries- قُوَّة noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- قُوَّة noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- قُوَّة noun (physical quantity)
- أَجْبَرَ verb (to compel someone to do something)
Argobba
1 entries- ሀይል noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Armenian
4 entries- զինված ուժեր noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- զորություն noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- ուժ noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- ուժ noun (physical quantity)
Assamese
1 entries- বল noun (physical quantity)
Asturian
4 entries- fuercia noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- fuerza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forciar verb (to compel someone to do something)
- forciar verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Avar
2 entries- гуч noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- къуват noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- güc noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- qüvvə noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- qüvvə noun (physical quantity)
Bashkir
4 entries- көс noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- көс noun (physical quantity)
- көс noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- көс noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
Basque
1 entries- indar noun (physical quantity)
Belarusian
4 entries- моц noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- сі́ла noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- зму́сіць verb (to compel someone to do something)
- змуша́ць verb (to compel someone to do something)
Bengali
2 entries- জোর noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- বল noun (physical quantity)
Bhojpuri
1 entries- जोर noun (physical quantity)
Bulgarian
4 entries- войска noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- действие noun (law: legal validity)
- мощ noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- насилие noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
Catalan
4 entries- força noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- força noun (physical quantity)
- forçar verb (to compel someone to do something)
- forçar verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Cebuano
1 entries- lugos verb (to compel someone to do something)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- زەبر noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- ھێز noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Chinese
1 entries- 力 noun (physical quantity)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 逼 verb (to compel someone to do something)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 武力 noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- 強迫 /强迫 verb (to compel someone to do something)
- 脅迫 /胁迫 verb (to compel someone to do something)
- 迫 verb (to compel someone to do something)
Church Slavic
2 entries- мощь noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- сила noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Corsican
2 entries- forza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forza noun (physical quantity)
Czech
4 entries- moc noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- síla noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- síla noun (physical quantity)
- donutit verb (to compel someone to do something)
Danish
4 entries- kraft noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- kraft noun (physical quantity)
- magt noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
- styrke noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Dutch
4 entries- geweld noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
- kracht noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- kracht noun (physical quantity)
- kracht noun (law: legal validity)
Esperanto
4 entries- forto noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
- perforto noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
- devigi verb (to compel someone to do something)
- trudi verb (to compel someone to do something)
Estonian
2 entries- sundima verb (to compel someone to do something)
- sundima verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Fiji Hindi
1 entries- taagat noun (physical quantity)
Finnish
4 entries- joukot noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- pakko noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- pakko noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
- pakkokeinot noun (power exerted against will or consent)
French
4 entries- Force noun (science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power)
- force noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- force noun (physical quantity)
- forces noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Friulian
2 entries- fuarce noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- fuarce noun (physical quantity)
Galician
4 entries- forza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forza noun (physical quantity)
- forzar verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
- obrigar verb (to compel someone to do something)
Ge'ez
1 entries- ኀይል noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Georgian
4 entries- ღონე noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
- ძალა noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- ძალა noun (physical quantity)
- ძალა noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
German
4 entries- Gewalt noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- Kraft noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- Kraft noun (physical quantity)
- Kraft noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌵𐌹𐌿𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to compel someone to do something)
- 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to compel someone to do something)
Greek
4 entries- βία noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
- δύναμη noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- δύναμη noun (physical quantity)
- δύναμη noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Gujarati
1 entries- બળ noun (physical quantity)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 力 noun (physical quantity)
Hebrew
3 entries- כוח noun (physical quantity)
- כוח \ כֹּחַ noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- כח noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Higaonon
1 entries- kusug noun (physical quantity)
Hindi
4 entries- ज़ोर noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- बल noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- बल noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- बल noun (physical quantity)
Hungarian
4 entries- csapat noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- egység noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- erő noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- erő noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Ido
4 entries- forco noun (physical quantity)
- koakto noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- mov-energio noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
- trupi noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Indonesian
4 entries- forsa noun (physical quantity)
- gaya noun (physical quantity)
- kakas noun (physical quantity)
- kekuatan noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Ingush
1 entries- низ noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Interlingua
1 entries- fortia noun (physical quantity)
Irish
4 entries- fórsa noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- fórsa noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- fórsa noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- fórsa noun (physical quantity)
Istriot
2 entries- forsa noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forsa noun (physical quantity)
Italian
4 entries- forza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forza noun (physical quantity)
- forza noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- costringere verb (to compel someone to do something)
Japanese
4 entries- フォース noun (science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power)
- 力 noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- 力 noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- 力 noun (physical quantity)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦝꦪ noun (physical quantity)
Jeju
1 entries- 심 noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Karakalpak
1 entries- kúsh noun (physical quantity)
Kazakh
2 entries- күш noun (physical quantity)
- пәрмен noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
Korean
3 entries- 힘 noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- 힘 noun (physical quantity)
- 강요하다 verb (to compel someone to do something)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- күч noun (physical quantity)
Ladin
2 entries- forza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forza noun (physical quantity)
Latin
4 entries- fortitudo noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- potentia noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- potentia noun (physical quantity)
- potentia noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Latvian
4 entries- spēks noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- spēks noun (physical quantity)
- vara noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- piespiest verb (to compel someone to do something)
Lezgi
2 entries- гуж noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- къуват noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Lithuanian
4 entries- galia noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- galia noun (physical quantity)
- jėga noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- jėga noun (physical quantity)
Macedonian
4 entries- моќ noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- насилство noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
- полнова́жност noun (law: legal validity)
- сила noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Malagasy
2 entries- mahatonga verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
- manery verb (to compel someone to do something)
Malay
3 entries- daya noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- daya noun (physical quantity)
- kuasa noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Malayalam
3 entries- ബലം noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- ബലം noun (physical quantity)
- ശക്തി noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Marathi
4 entries- जबरदस्ती noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- जोर noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- प्रबळ noun (anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else)
- प्रबळ गट noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Mongolian
1 entries- хүч noun (physical quantity)
Mòcheno
1 entries- kròft noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
Māori
4 entries- tōpana noun (physical quantity)
- tūkeri noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- tūkeri noun (anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else)
- ākinga noun (anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else)
Neapolitan
2 entries- fuorza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- fuorza noun (physical quantity)
Newar
1 entries- तिबः noun (physical quantity)
Norman
2 entries- forchi verb (to compel someone to do something)
- forchi verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Norwegian
4 entries- kraft noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- kraft noun (physical quantity)
- styrke noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- styrke noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
Occitan
3 entries- fòrça noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- fòrça noun (physical quantity)
- forçar verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Old East Slavic
2 entries- мочь noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- сила noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Old English
4 entries- cræft noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- nīed noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- nīed noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
- nīedan verb (to compel someone to do something)
Oromo
1 entries- humna noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- طاقت noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- قوت noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- مكنت noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- مكنت noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Papiamentu
1 entries- forsa noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
Persian
1 entries- نیرو noun (physical quantity)
Plautdietsch
3 entries- Krauft noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- Krauft noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- Krauft noun (physical quantity)
Polish
4 entries- moc noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- moc noun (law: legal validity)
- siła noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- siła noun (physical quantity)
Portuguese
4 entries- força noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- força noun (physical quantity)
- força noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- força noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
Quechua
1 entries- kallpa noun (physical quantity)
Romanian
4 entries- forță noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forță noun (physical quantity)
- forța verb (to compel someone to do something)
- forța verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Romansch
2 entries- forza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forza noun (physical quantity)
Russian
4 entries- власть noun (law: legal validity)
- дурь noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- мощь noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- наси́лие noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
Sanskrit
3 entries- परस्परक्रिया noun (physical quantity)
- रभस् noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- सहस् noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cumhachd noun (ability to attack, control, or constrain)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- mȏć noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- sȉla noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- мо̑ћ noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- си̏ла noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Shona
1 entries- manikidzo noun (physical quantity)
Sicilian
2 entries- forza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forza noun (physical quantity)
Sinhalese
1 entries- බලය noun (physical quantity)
Slovak
4 entries- moc noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- platnosť noun (law: legal validity)
- sila noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- sila noun (power exerted against will or consent)
Slovene
3 entries- moč noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- sila noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- sila noun (physical quantity)
Somali
1 entries- quwad noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Spanish
4 entries- fuerza noun (strength or energy of body or mind)
- fuerza noun (power exerted against will or consent)
- fuerza noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- fuerza noun (physical quantity)
Sundanese
1 entries- gaya noun (physical quantity)
Swahili
1 entries- mabavu noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Swedish
4 entries- kraft noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- kraft noun (physical quantity)
- styrka noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- tvinga verb (to compel someone to do something)
Tagalog
2 entries- isig noun (physical quantity)
- puwersa noun (physical quantity)
Telugu
1 entries- బలాత్కరించు verb (to compel someone to do something)
Thai
3 entries- แรง noun (physical quantity)
- บังคับ verb (to compel someone to do something)
- ฝืน verb (to cause to occur, produce through force)
Turkish
4 entries- kuvvet noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- kuvvet noun (physical quantity)
- zorlamak noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- zorlamak verb (to compel someone to do something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- загі́н noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- міць noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- си́ла noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- си́ла noun (physical quantity)
Urdu
1 entries- زور noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
Uzbek
1 entries- kuch noun (physical quantity)
Venetan
4 entries- forsa noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- forsa noun (physical quantity)
- força noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- força noun (physical quantity)
Vietnamese
4 entries- lực noun (physical quantity)
- lực lượng noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
- thần lực noun (science fiction: binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power)
- vũ lực noun (law: unlawful violence or lawful compulsion)
Walloon
3 entries- foice noun (anything that is able to make a big change in person or thing)
- foice noun (physical quantity)
- foice noun (group that aims to attack, control, or constrain)
Waray-Waray
1 entries- kusog noun (physical quantity)
Welsh
1 entries- grym noun (physical quantity)
Yoruba
1 entries- ipá noun (physical quantity)
Sample sentences
63 total sentences available.
Try as you might, but you cannot force a belief onto someone else, much less your own self.
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The bridge couldn't sustain the force of the strong current and collapsed.
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Nothing can force me to give it up.
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