What are the opposite words for force?
Antonyms for the word "force" include words like "weakness," "gentleness," "ease," "delicacy," "fragility," "frailty" as well as "calmness," "peace," "tranquility" and "serenity." These are all words that connote the exact opposite of the more violent and aggressive connotations that are evoked by the word "force." While force may be necessary in certain situations, these antonyms remind us that a peaceful, gentle approach can be equally effective in many cases. They also remind us that sometimes it is better to exercise restraint and use a more subtle approach to achieve our goals.
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cajole
- get around,
- hand line,
- work on,
- work over,
- Entrapped,
- Maneuvered,
- Jollies,
- Snowed,
- Snowing,
- Soaped,
- Soaping,
- entices,
- jollying,
- jollied,
- argue into,
- spread on,
- play up to,
- sweeten up,
- lay it on thick,
- suck up to,
- worked on,
- argue in to,
- argued in to,
- argued into,
- argues in to,
- argues into,
- be guile,
- be guiles,
- be-guile,
- be-guiles,
- de coy,
- de coyed,
- de coying,
- de coys,
- de lude,
- de ludes,
- de-coy,
- de-coyed,
- de-coying,
- de-coys,
- de-lude,
- de-ludes,
- gat around,
- gat next to,
- get next to,
- gets around,
- gets next to,
- getting around,
- getting next to,
- got next to,
- gotten around,
- gotten next to,
- hand a line,
- handed a line,
- handed line,
- handing a line,
- handing line,
- hands a line,
- hands line,
- in duce,
- in duces,
- in-duce,
- in-duces,
- laid it on thick,
- laid it thick,
- laid on thick,
- laid thick,
- lay it thick,
- lay on thick,
- lay thick,
- laying it on thick,
- laying it thick,
- laying on thick,
- laying thick,
- lays it on thick,
- lays it thick,
- lays on thick,
- lays thick,
- made to,
- made up to,
- make to,
- makes up to,
- making to,
- making up to,
- mis lead,
- mis leading,
- mis leads,
- mis-lead,
- mis-leading,
- mis-leads,
- play to,
- played to,
- played up to,
- playing to,
- playing up to,
- plays to,
- plays up to,
- rub right way,
- rub the right way,
- rubbed right way,
- rubbed the right way,
- rubbing right way,
- rubbing the right way,
- rubs right way,
- rubs the right way,
- soft soaped,
- soft soaping,
- soft-soap,
- soft-soaped,
- soft-soaping,
- soft-soaps,
- softsoap,
- softsoaped,
- softsoaping,
- softsoaps,
- spread it on,
- spreading it on,
- spreading on,
- spreads it on,
- spreads on,
- suck to,
- sucked to,
- sucked up to,
- sucking to,
- sucks to,
- sweetened up,
- sweetening up,
- sweetens up,
- sweettalk,
- worked over,
- working on,
- working over,
- works on,
- works over,
- wrought on,
- wrought over.
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defer
- intermit,
- knuckle,
- knuckles,
- lay over,
- obey,
- prorogue,
- Caved,
- Caving,
- Intermitted,
- Intermitting,
- Knuckled,
- Knuckling,
- Prorogued,
- Proroguing,
- obeys,
- prorogues,
- intermits,
- setting aside,
- put on ice,
- de lay,
- de laying,
- de lays,
- de tain,
- de tains,
- de-lay,
- de-laying,
- de-lays,
- de-tain,
- de-tains,
- ex tend,
- ex tended,
- ex tending,
- ex tends,
- ex-tend,
- ex-tended,
- ex-tending,
- ex-tends,
- gave in to,
- gave into,
- gave rain check,
- gave to,
- give in to,
- give rain check,
- give to,
- gives in to,
- gives into,
- gives rain check,
- gives to,
- giving in to,
- giving into,
- giving rain check,
- giving to,
- hanged fire,
- hanging fire,
- hangs fire,
- hung fire,
- knuckleunder,
- knuckleundered,
- knuckleundering,
- knuckleunders,
- laid over,
- post pone,
- post pones,
- post-pones,
- pro long,
- pro longing,
- pro longs,
- pro rogue,
- pro rogues,
- pro roguing,
- pro tract,
- pro tracts,
- pro-long,
- pro-longed,
- pro-longing,
- pro-longs,
- pro-rogued,
- pro-rogues,
- pro-roguing,
- pro-tract,
- pro-tracts,
- put back burner,
- put hold,
- put ice,
- put on back burner,
- put on hold,
- puts back burner,
- puts hold,
- puts ice,
- puts on back burner,
- puts on ice,
- putting back burner,
- putting hold,
- putting ice,
- putting on back burner,
- putting on hold,
- putting on ice,
- sets aside.
-
fawn
- fall over,
- laying on,
- fall all over,
- catering to,
- catered to,
- cater to,
- caters to,
- lay it on,
- lay on,
- fall on one's knees,
- am at beck and call,
- am at beck call,
- am beck and call,
- am beck call,
- am obsequious,
- am servile,
- are at beck and call,
- are at beck call,
- are beck and call,
- are beck call,
- are servile,
- art at beck and call,
- art at beck call,
- art beck and call,
- art beck call,
- art obsequious,
- art servile,
- be at beck and call,
- be at beck call,
- be beck and call,
- be beck call,
- be obsequious,
- be servile,
- being at beck and call,
- being at beck call,
- being beck and call,
- being beck call,
- being obsequious,
- being servile,
- buddied up,
- buddies up,
- buddy up,
- buddying up,
- cave in to,
- cave into,
- cave to,
- caved in to,
- caved into,
- caved to,
- caves in to,
- caves into,
- caves to,
- caving in to,
- caving into,
- caving to,
- de base,
- de based,
- de basing,
- de-base,
- de-based,
- de-basing,
- fall knees,
- fall on knees,
- fall on one knees,
- fall on ones knees,
- fall one knees,
- fall one's knees,
- falling all over,
- falling knees,
- falling on knees,
- falling on one knees,
- falling on one's knees,
- falling on ones knees,
- falling one knees,
- falling one's knees,
- falling ones knees,
- falling over,
- falls all over,
- falls knees,
- falls on one knees,
- falls on one's knees,
- falls on ones knees,
- falls one's knees,
- falls ones knees,
- falls over,
- fell all over,
- fell knees,
- fell on knees,
- fell on one's knees,
- fell on ones knees,
- fell one knees,
- fell one's knees,
- fell ones knees,
- fell over,
- honey up,
- honeyed up,
- honeying up,
- honied up,
- in vite,
- is at beck and call,
- is at beck call,
- is beck and call,
- is beck call,
- is obsequious,
- is servile,
- laid it on,
- laid on,
- laying it on,
- lays it on,
- lick boots,
- licked boots,
- licking boots,
- licks boots,
- pay court,
- payed court,
- pays court,
- was at beck and call,
- was at beck call,
- was beck and call,
- was obsequious,
- was servile,
- wast beck and call,
- wast beck call,
- wast obsequious,
- wast servile,
- were at beck and call,
- were at beck call,
- were obsequious,
- were servile,
- wert at beck call,
- wert beck and call,
- wert beck call,
- wert obsequious.
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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,
- did on own volition,
- did on volition,
- did one own volition,
- did one volition,
- did one's own volition,
- did one's volition,
- did ones own volition,
- did ones volition,
- did own volition,
- did volition,
- didst on one own volition,
- didst on one volition,
- didst on one's own volition,
- didst on one's volition,
- didst on ones own volition,
- didst on ones volition,
- didst on own volition,
- didst on volition,
- didst one own volition,
- didst one volition,
- didst one's own volition,
- didst one's volition,
- didst ones own volition,
- didst ones volition,
- didst own volition,
- didst volition,
- do on one own volition,
- do on one volition,
- do on one's own volition,
- do on one's volition,
- do on ones own volition,
- do on ones volition,
- do on own volition,
- do on volition,
- do one own volition,
- do one volition,
- do one's own volition,
- do one's volition,
- do ones own volition,
- do ones volition,
- do own volition,
- do volition,
- does on one own volition,
- does on one volition,
- does on one's own volition,
- does on one's volition,
- does on ones own volition,
- does on ones volition,
- does on own volition,
- does on volition,
- does one own volition,
- does one volition,
- does one's own volition,
- does one's volition,
- does ones own volition,
- does ones volition,
- does own volition,
- does volition,
- doest on one own volition,
- doest on one volition,
- doest on one's own volition,
- doest on one's volition,
- doest on ones own volition,
- doest on ones volition,
- doest on own volition,
- doest on volition,
- doest one own volition,
- doest one volition,
- doest one's own volition,
- doest one's volition,
- doest ones own volition,
- doest ones volition,
- doest own volition,
- doest volition,
- doeth on one own volition,
- doeth on one volition,
- doeth on one's own volition,
- doeth on one's volition,
- doeth on ones own volition,
- doeth on ones volition,
- doeth on own volition,
- doeth on volition,
- doeth one own volition,
- doeth one volition,
- doeth one's own volition,
- doeth one's volition,
- doeth ones own volition,
- doeth ones volition,
- doeth own volition,
- doeth volition,
- doing on one own volition,
- doing on one volition,
- doing on one's own volition,
- doing on one's volition,
- doing on ones own volition,
- doing on ones volition,
- doing on own volition,
- doing on volition,
- doing one own volition,
- doing one volition,
- doing one's own volition,
- doing one's volition,
- doing ones own volition,
- doing ones volition,
- doing own volition,
- doing volition,
- dost on one own volition,
- dost on one volition,
- dost on one's own volition,
- dost on one's volition,
- dost on ones own volition,
- dost on ones volition,
- dost on own volition,
- dost on volition,
- dost one own volition,
- dost one volition,
- dost one's own volition,
- dost one's volition,
- dost ones own volition,
- dost ones volition,
- dost own volition,
- dost volition,
- doth on one own volition,
- doth on one volition,
- doth on one's own volition,
- doth on one's volition,
- doth on ones own volition,
- doth on ones volition,
- doth on own volition,
- doth on volition,
- doth one own volition,
- doth one volition,
- 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.
- attempt to coax; flatter
- hold off, put off
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ingratiate oneself to; serve
- fawn.
- obligate to do something
- use violence upon
- offer to do something
- mental power, energy
- military organization
- physical energy, power
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Other relevant words
- ask,
- blandish,
- wheedle,
- agreement,
- approval,
- consent,
- convincing,
- disability,
- draw,
- feebleness,
- helplessness,
- impotence,
- impotency,
- inability,
- inaptitude,
- incapability,
- incapableness,
- incapacity,
- incompetence,
- incompetency,
- inconclusiveness,
- ineffectiveness,
- ineffectuality,
- ineffectualness,
- inefficaciousness,
- inefficacy,
- invalidity,
- nonviolence,
- pacifism,
- paralysis,
- permission,
- persuasion,
- powerlessness,
- reason,
- shakiness,
- suasion,
- unsoundness,
- uselessness,
- weakness.
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wreathes
- Antonyms:
- uncover, unwrap, stay.
