What are the opposite words for compel?
Compel means to force or urge someone to do something. However, there are several antonyms that convey the opposite meaning of compel. The first antonym is "allow" which means to give permission or permit someone to do something of their own accord. The second antonym is "persuade" which implies convincing someone to act in a certain way using reasoning or argument. Thirdly, "encourage" can mean to inspire or stimulate someone to take action without forcing them. Lastly, "willing" is another antonym of compel as it suggests that someone is volunteering to do something freely without pressure or coercion.
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free
- let loose,
- let out,
- set free,
- unburden,
- unburdened,
- unchain,
- unchained,
- unfixed,
- unshackled,
- Bailed,
- Bailing,
- Disenthrall,
- Uncage,
- Unfetter,
- Unfix,
- Unshackle,
- unfixes,
- letting loose,
- setting free,
- sets free,
- unfettering,
- unchains,
- unfetters,
- disenthralled,
- disenthralling,
- disenthralls,
- unburdens,
- unburdening,
- unshackles,
- uncaged,
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- disimprison,
- de contaminate,
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- de liver,
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- de livers,
- de mobilize,
- de mobilized,
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- de mobilizing,
- de-contaminate,
- de-contaminated,
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- de-contaminating,
- de-liver,
- de-livered,
- de-livering,
- de-livers,
- de-mobilize,
- de-mobilized,
- de-mobilizes,
- de-mobilizing,
- dis charge,
- dis charged,
- dis charges,
- dis charging,
- dis embarrass,
- dis embarrassed,
- dis embarrasses,
- dis embarrassing,
- dis encumber,
- dis encumbered,
- dis encumbering,
- dis encumbers,
- dis engage,
- dis engaged,
- dis engages,
- dis engaging,
- dis entangle,
- dis entangled,
- dis entangles,
- dis entangling,
- dis enthrall,
- dis enthralled,
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- dis imprison,
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- dis missed,
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- dis-charge,
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- dis-embarrass,
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- dis-embarrasses,
- dis-embarrassing,
- dis-encumber,
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- dis-encumbering,
- dis-encumbers,
- dis-engage,
- dis-engaged,
- dis-engages,
- dis-engaging,
- dis-entangle,
- dis-entangled,
- dis-entangles,
- dis-entangling,
- dis-enthrall,
- dis-enthralled,
- dis-enthralling,
- dis-enthralls,
- dis-imprison,
- dis-imprisoned,
- dis-imprisoning,
- dis-imprisons,
- dis-missed,
- dis-missing,
- disimprisoned,
- disimprisoning,
- disimprisons,
- let hook,
- let off hook,
- let the hook,
- lets hook,
- lets off hook,
- lets off the hook,
- lets out,
- lets the hook,
- letted hook,
- letted off hook,
- letted off the hook,
- letted out,
- letted the hook,
- letting off hook,
- letting off the hook,
- letting out,
- letting the hook,
- put on the street,
- put street,
- put the street,
- puts on the street,
- puts street,
- puts the street,
- putting on street,
- putting on the street,
- putting street,
- putting the street,
- re deem,
- re deemed,
- re deeming,
- re lease,
- re leases,
- re-deem,
- re-deeming,
- re-deems,
- re-lease,
- re-leased,
- re-leases,
- turned loose,
- turns loose,
- un bind,
- un binds,
- un bound,
- un burden,
- un burdened,
- un burdening,
- un burdens,
- un cage,
- un caged,
- un cages,
- un caging,
- un chain,
- un chained,
- un chaining,
- un did,
- un does,
- un doing,
- un done,
- un fetter,
- un fettered,
- un fettering,
- un fetters,
- un fix,
- un fixed,
- un fixes,
- un fixing,
- un fixt,
- un lade,
- un laded,
- un lades,
- un lading,
- un leash,
- un leashed,
- un leashes,
- un load,
- un loaded,
- un loading,
- un loads,
- un pack,
- un packed,
- un packing,
- un packs,
- un shackle,
- un shackled,
- un shackles,
- un shackling,
- un tied,
- un tying,
- un-bind,
- un-binds,
- un-bound,
- un-burden,
- un-burdened,
- un-burdening,
- un-burdens,
- un-cage,
- un-caged,
- un-cages,
- un-caging,
- un-chain,
- un-chaining,
- un-chains,
- un-did,
- un-does,
- un-doing,
- un-fetter,
- un-fettered,
- un-fettering,
- un-fetters,
- un-fix,
- un-fixed,
- un-fixes,
- un-fixing,
- un-fixt,
- un-lade,
- un-lades,
- un-lading,
- un-leashed,
- un-leashes,
- un-leashing,
- un-load,
- un-loads,
- un-pack,
- un-packed,
- un-packing,
- un-packs,
- un-shackle,
- un-shackled,
- un-shackles,
- un-shackling,
- un-tied,
- un-tying,
- uncaging.
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volunteer
- bring forward,
- put forward,
- sign up,
- step forward,
- Tendered,
- Tendering,
- Volunteering,
- tenders,
- signed up,
- standing up,
- take the plunge,
- take upon oneself,
- brought forward,
- bringing forward,
- brings forward,
- did on one own volition,
- did on one volition,
- did on one's own volition,
- did on one's volition,
- did on ones own volition,
- did on ones volition,
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- did on volition,
- did one own volition,
- did one volition,
- did one's own volition,
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- dost one own volition,
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- doth one's own volition,
- doth one's volition,
- doth ones own volition,
- doth ones volition,
- doth own volition,
- doth volition,
- goes in,
- let for,
- let in for,
- let oneself for,
- let oneself in for,
- lets for,
- lets in for,
- lets oneself for,
- lets oneself in for,
- letted for,
- letted in for,
- letted oneself for,
- letted oneself in for,
- letting for,
- letting in for,
- letting oneself for,
- letting oneself in for,
- offer services,
- offered services,
- offering services,
- offers services,
- pre sent,
- pre-sent,
- pre-sents,
- pro pose,
- pro posed,
- pro posing,
- pro-pose,
- pro-posing,
- put at disposal,
- put at one disposal,
- put at one's disposal,
- put at ones disposal,
- put disposal,
- put one disposal,
- put one's disposal,
- put ones disposal,
- puts at disposal,
- puts at one disposal,
- puts at one's disposal,
- puts at ones disposal,
- puts disposal,
- puts forward,
- puts one disposal,
- puts one's disposal,
- puts ones disposal,
- putting at disposal,
- putting at one disposal,
- putting at one's disposal,
- putting at ones disposal,
- putting disposal,
- putting forward,
- putting one disposal,
- putting one's disposal,
- putting ones disposal,
- signing up,
- signs up,
- stands up,
- stepped forward,
- stepping forward,
- steps forward,
- stood up,
- submit oneself,
- submits oneself,
- submitted oneself,
- submitting oneself,
- take bull by horns,
- take bull by the horns,
- take initiative,
- take plunge,
- take up on oneself,
- takes bull by horns,
- takes bull by the horns,
- takes initiative,
- takes plunge,
- takes the plunge,
- takes up on oneself,
- takes upon oneself,
- taking bull by horns,
- taking bull by the horns,
- taking initiative,
- taking plunge,
- taking the plunge,
- taking up on oneself,
- taking upon oneself,
- took bull by horns,
- took bull by the horns,
- took initiative,
- took plunge,
- took the plunge,
- took up on oneself,
- took upon oneself,
- went in.
- force to act
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liberate, let go
- free.
- offer to do something
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Other relevant words
- allow,
- argue,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bar,
- block,
- check,
- clog,
- convince,
- counteract,
- delay,
- embarrass,
- encumber,
- foil,
- free,
- frustrate,
- hamper,
- impede,
- induce,
- interrupt,
- let,
- loose,
- move,
- obstruct,
- oppose,
- permit,
- persuade,
- prevail,
- prevent,
- resist,
- satisfy,
- set free,
- stay,
- stop,
- talk,
- thwart,
- unbind,
- unfasten,
- unloose,
- untie,
- win,
- discharge,
- pardon,
- release,
- clear,
- exempt.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
marginalias
- Antonyms:
- silence.
