Synonyms for Coerce:

• n.

  •
  • badger,
  • threaten.
  •
  • curb,
  • dominate,
  • restrain,
  • restrict,
  • hinder.
  •
  • persuasion.
  •
  • attack.
  •coerce (noun)
  • hale,
  • pressure.

• v.

  •blackmail (verb)
  • holds ransom,
  • puts the shake on,
  • put shake on,
  • hold ransom,
  • held to ransom,
  • putting shake on,
  • shakes down,
  • puts shake on,
  • shaking down,
  • holds to ransom,
  • held ransom,
  • shook down,
  • holding to ransom,
  • holding ransom,
  • putting the shake on.
  •browbeat (verb)
  • over-bore,
  • over-awe,
  • putting heat on,
  • putting through wringer,
  • over bears,
  • despotizes,
  • lords over,
  • overbore,
  • Over-bearing,
  • leans on,
  • putting chill on,
  • co-wing,
  • over awed,
  • lording over,
  • lording it over,
  • despotized,
  • over awing,
  • co wed,
  • puts the chill on,
  • puts heat on,
  • overborn,
  • over bore,
  • co wing,
  • puts chill on,
  • over-awes,
  • over awes,
  • over borne,
  • putting the chill on,
  • lorded it over,
  • despotizing,
  • over bear,
  • over bearing,
  • over-bears,
  • leant on,
  • putting through the wringer,
  • co-wed,
  • over awe,
  • over-awed,
  • puts through the wringer,
  • over born,
  • over-awing,
  • lord over,
  • lorded over,
  • over-born,
  • lords it over,
  • leaned on,
  • puts through wringer,
  • over-borne.
  •bully (verb)
  • turn heat,
  • turns heat,
  • turned the heat,
  • walks heavy,
  • riding roughshod,
  • turning on the heat,
  • turns on heat,
  • walked heavy,
  • turning on heat,
  • rides roughshod,
  • rid roughshod,
  • turned on the heat,
  • walking heavy,
  • turns the heat,
  • turn the heat,
  • turned heat,
  • turning the heat,
  • turned on heat,
  • turns on the heat,
  • rode roughshod,
  • showboated,
  • turning heat,
  • buffaloing,
  • turn on heat.
  •bullyrag (verb)
  • mis treated,
  • chivies,
  • mis-treated,
  • mis-treats,
  • mis treats,
  • mis treating,
  • mis treat,
  • mis-treat.
  •command (verb)
  • over-riding,
  • re-pressing,
  • exercises power,
  • super intended,
  • pre vail,
  • over-ridden,
  • pre vailing,
  • holding office,
  • over ride,
  • pre dominate,
  • over riding,
  • over rode,
  • sub due,
  • takes over,
  • pre vails,
  • pre-vails,
  • re-strains,
  • pre dominated,
  • re strained,
  • co ached,
  • exercising power,
  • pre-scribing,
  • re-straining,
  • re strain,
  • pre vailed,
  • re straining,
  • pre scribe,
  • pre-vail,
  • super vise,
  • has authority,
  • co aching,
  • pre-dominated,
  • super-intends,
  • super vised,
  • re pressing,
  • held office,
  • holds office,
  • took over,
  • super vising,
  • pre-dominates,
  • super intends,
  • over-rides,
  • pre scribes,
  • pre-scribed,
  • re strains,
  • super-intended,
  • super-intend,
  • having authority,
  • co-ached,
  • pre-vailed,
  • re pressed,
  • re presses,
  • reigning over,
  • had authority,
  • pre-dominating,
  • reigned over,
  • re press,
  • sub-dues,
  • presides over,
  • super intending,
  • pre-scribe,
  • pre dominates,
  • presiding over,
  • haddest authority,
  • hath authority,
  • re-strain,
  • pre dominating,
  • co-aching,
  • re-strained,
  • pre-dominate,
  • super intend,
  • pre scribing,
  • re-presses,
  • hast authority,
  • over-rode,
  • sub dues,
  • hadst authority,
  • super-vised,
  • sub-due,
  • over rides,
  • pre-scribes,
  • over ridden,
  • super-vise,
  • exercised power,
  • reigns over,
  • super-intending,
  • re-press.
  •compel (verb)
  • hijack,
  • stimulate,
  • stress,
  • spark,
  • daunt,
  • incite,
  • press,
  • propel,
  • galvanize,
  • motivate,
  • cause,
  • dictate,
  • urge,
  • foment,
  • mandate,
  • oblige,
  • nag,
  • impel.
  •compel, press (verb)
  • repress,
  • beset,
  • suppress,
  • twist one's arm,
  • make an offer they can't refuse,
  • menace,
  • cow,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • high pressure.
  •constrain (verb)
  • dis-allow,
  • keeping lid on,
  • dis-allowing,
  • keeps lid on,
  • dis-allows,
  • dis allowed,
  • in tern,
  • holds in,
  • dis allow,
  • hog tie,
  • with holding,
  • kept lid on,
  • with held,
  • in terns,
  • in-terns,
  • cools off,
  • holds down,
  • with-holds,
  • in-tern,
  • dis-allowed,
  • with-held,
  • dis allowing,
  • with hold,
  • puts half nelson on,
  • with-hold,
  • cooled off,
  • with holds,
  • holding down,
  • putting half nelson on,
  • dis allows.
  •demand (verb)
  • in quire,
  • re-quiring,
  • be sought,
  • counter-claims,
  • be-siege,
  • be-sought,
  • counter-claiming,
  • be-sieged,
  • in-quire,
  • impetrates,
  • in-quired,
  • clamored for,
  • clamoring for,
  • counter-claimed,
  • be sieging,
  • insists on,
  • be sieged,
  • re-quires,
  • re-quired,
  • sues for,
  • counter claims,
  • whistled for,
  • in quires,
  • be sieges,
  • whistling for,
  • re quired,
  • clamors for,
  • re quires,
  • in quiring,
  • hits up,
  • Impetrated,
  • insisted on,
  • re-quests,
  • be siege,
  • sued for,
  • re-questing,
  • counter claim,
  • re quire,
  • suing for,
  • counter claimed,
  • re questing,
  • hitting up,
  • re quested,
  • re quests,
  • be-sieging,
  • whistles for,
  • re quiring,
  • Impetrating,
  • be-sieges,
  • in quired,
  • re-quire,
  • counter claiming,
  • in-quires,
  • insisting on,
  • in-quiring.
  •drive (verb)
  • puts to,
  • over burdens,
  • wrought on,
  • over-work,
  • in-spiring,
  • acts upon,
  • acted up on,
  • over-works,
  • in-spire,
  • over-worked,
  • acts up on,
  • in-spired,
  • over work,
  • over burdening,
  • over worked,
  • puts up to,
  • in spired,
  • over burdened,
  • in duces,
  • over works,
  • steamrolled,
  • in spires,
  • steamrolling,
  • in-spires,
  • steamrolls,
  • putting to,
  • in spiring,
  • in spire,
  • works on,
  • over-burdens,
  • spirited up,
  • putting up to,
  • over working,
  • in-duces,
  • in-duce,
  • spirits up,
  • acting upon,
  • over-burdened,
  • spiriting up,
  • over-working,
  • over burden,
  • over-burdening,
  • act up on,
  • acting up on,
  • in duce.
  •enforce (verb)
  • forcing up on,
  • dis-charge,
  • putting in to effect,
  • forces up on,
  • in cites,
  • dis charges,
  • dis charged,
  • in cite,
  • puts screws to,
  • dis charging,
  • forces upon,
  • forced up on,
  • dis-charging,
  • put in to effect,
  • force up on,
  • dis-charged,
  • putting screws to,
  • forcing upon,
  • in-cite,
  • putting into effect,
  • in-cited,
  • dis charge,
  • puts in to effect,
  • dis-charges,
  • puts into effect.
  •enslave (verb)
  • dis-franchise,
  • disfranchises,
  • gets hooks in to,
  • got hooks into,
  • in dentures,
  • dis-franchises,
  • get hooks in to,
  • dis-enfranchises,
  • in denture,
  • dis-enfranchised,
  • gets hooks into,
  • shutting in,
  • putting in irons,
  • keeps under thumb,
  • re duce,
  • gat hooks in to,
  • re-duces,
  • putting irons,
  • puts in irons,
  • dis franchised,
  • in-dentures,
  • dis franchising,
  • got hooks in to,
  • dis-franchising,
  • re-strict,
  • getting hooks into,
  • keeping under thumb,
  • puts irons,
  • dis-enfranchising,
  • dis franchise,
  • dis enfranchising,
  • disenfranchises,
  • re strict,
  • getting hooks in to,
  • gotten hooks into,
  • dis-franchised,
  • gat hooks into,
  • dis enfranchised,
  • re-duce,
  • in-denture,
  • re duces,
  • dis franchises,
  • dis-enfranchise,
  • shuts in,
  • put irons,
  • kept under thumb,
  • dis enfranchises,
  • gotten hooks in to,
  • dis enfranchise.
  •exact (verb)
  • ex-act,
  • insisting upon,
  • insists up on,
  • insisting up on,
  • ex acted,
  • ex-acting,
  • insisted up on,
  • insisted upon,
  • ex tract,
  • ex-tract,
  • ex act,
  • ex acting,
  • insists upon,
  • ex acts,
  • ex-acts,
  • insist up on,
  • ex-tracts,
  • ex-acted.
  •extort (verb)
  • ex-torts,
  • made pay through nose,
  • pull ones leg,
  • pulling one leg,
  • pull one leg,
  • pulled one leg,
  • ex-tort,
  • pulls leg,
  • ex tort,
  • pulls ones leg,
  • making pay through nose,
  • pulls one leg,
  • ex torts,
  • makes pay through nose,
  • pulls one's leg,
  • pulled one's leg,
  • pulling leg,
  • pulled leg,
  • pulling ones leg,
  • pulled ones leg.
  •force (verb)
  • bringing pressure bear up on,
  • brings pressure bear up on,
  • bring pressure to bear up on,
  • over-coming,
  • brings pressure to bear up on,
  • bringing pressure to bear up on,
  • pinned down,
  • brings pressure to bear upon,
  • putting squeeze on,
  • bring pressure bear up on,
  • over-comes,
  • bearing hard on,
  • puts squeeze on,
  • over comes,
  • bringing pressure bear upon,
  • bare hard on,
  • brings pressure bear upon,
  • over coming,
  • bears hard on,
  • beared hard on,
  • bring pressure bear upon,
  • over come,
  • bringing pressure to bear upon,
  • brought pressure to bear upon,
  • bore hard on,
  • brought pressure bear up on,
  • brought pressure to bear up on,
  • brought pressure bear upon.
  •goad (verb)
  • ex-cited,
  • keying up,
  • keys up,
  • in-spirits,
  • ex cited,
  • firing up,
  • in-spirited,
  • in-spiriting,
  • ex-cite,
  • in spirited,
  • ex cite,
  • ex cites,
  • siccing,
  • ex citing,
  • in spirit,
  • in-spirit,
  • in spiriting,
  • ex-cites.
  •intimidate (verb)
  • dis quiets,
  • dis mays,
  • dis-quieting,
  • dis heartened,
  • twisting someones arm,
  • twists someones arm,
  • dis-heartens,
  • dis-heartened,
  • pushed around,
  • dis hearten,
  • twist someone arm,
  • dis-heartening,
  • twisted someone's arm,
  • dis quieted,
  • dis quieting,
  • dis heartens,
  • dis-quiets,
  • dis-maying,
  • twisting someone arm,
  • dis mayed,
  • dis-mays,
  • dis may,
  • dis-mayed,
  • dis-quiet,
  • dis heartening,
  • dis-may,
  • twisted someone arm,
  • pushes around,
  • twisted someones arm,
  • twists someone arm,
  • dis-quieted,
  • twist someones arm,
  • twists someone's arm,
  • twisting someone's arm,
  • dis maying,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis-hearten.
  •lead (verb)
  • point way,
  • passing along,
  • wast responsible for,
  • pre-cede,
  • showed around,
  • was responsible for,
  • pointed way,
  • being responsible for,
  • showed in,
  • showed the way,
  • am responsible for,
  • showed way,
  • pre-ceding,
  • showing the way,
  • pointed the way,
  • were responsible for,
  • pointing way,
  • finding a way,
  • pointing the way,
  • shows in,
  • passes along,
  • quarterbacked,
  • are responsible for,
  • points the way,
  • shows the way,
  • pre ceded,
  • watches over,
  • showing way,
  • pre ceding,
  • pre cedes,
  • pre cede,
  • show way,
  • shows way,
  • finds way,
  • finds a way,
  • pre-cedes,
  • art responsible for,
  • find way,
  • finding way,
  • showing around,
  • pre-ceded,
  • found a way,
  • showing in,
  • found way,
  • wert responsible for,
  • shows around,
  • points way.
  •make (verb)
  • prevails upon,
  • inter-fere,
  • inter-feres,
  • inter fere,
  • prevail up on,
  • inter feres.
  •necessitate (verb)
  • be hooves,
  • be-hooves.
  •push (verb)
  • over press,
  • poured it on,
  • over presses,
  • poured on,
  • over pressing,
  • goes town on,
  • over-pressing,
  • over-presses,
  • goes to town on,
  • over-press,
  • selling on,
  • pouring it on,
  • puts the screws to,
  • overpressed,
  • overpressing,
  • go town on,
  • over-pressed,
  • went town on,
  • overpresses,
  • over pressed,
  • speeds up,
  • going to town on,
  • putting the screws to,
  • pouring on,
  • went to town on,
  • exerts influence,
  • sells on,
  • exerted influence,
  • pours on,
  • going town on.
  •screw (verb)
  • de-frauds,
  • held a knife to,
  • de-fraud,
  • hold knife to,
  • holding knife to,
  • holds knife to,
  • de frauds,
  • holding a knife to,
  • held knife to,
  • holds a knife to,
  • de fraud.
  •social (verb)
  • coerce,
  • squeeze.
  •strong-arm (verb)
  • strongarm.
  •subjugate (verb)
  • bring knees,
  • brings to knees,
  • over-thrown,
  • reels back in,
  • brought to heel,
  • beats down,
  • bringing knees,
  • over-throwing,
  • over throwing,
  • over-throws,
  • brings knees,
  • brings heel,
  • over thrown,
  • over-throw,
  • brings to heel,
  • bringing to knees,
  • over throw,
  • sub-jugate,
  • bringing heel,
  • brought heel,
  • over throws,
  • ruling over,
  • reeled back in,
  • brought to knees,
  • bring heel,
  • holds sway,
  • rules over,
  • kicks around,
  • beating down,
  • sub jugate,
  • brought knees,
  • reeling back in,
  • bringing to heel.
  •terrorize (verb)
  • scaring death,
  • strikes terror in to,
  • scaring to death,
  • scares death,
  • scared death,
  • strikes terror into,
  • striking terror into,
  • strike terror in to,
  • strook terror in to,
  • struck terror into,
  • scare death,
  • strook terror into,
  • scares to death,
  • struck terror in to,
  • striking terror in to.
  •wrench (verb)
  • dis locating,
  • dis lodge,
  • dis lodging,
  • dis-locating,
  • dis lodges,
  • dis torts,
  • dis locates,
  • dis-lodged,
  • dis locate,
  • dis-lodging,
  • dis-tort,
  • dis-lodges,
  • dis located,
  • dis lodged,
  • dis-torts,
  • dis-locate,
  • dis-locates,
  • dis tort,
  • dis-lodge,
  • dis-located.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • pester,
  • bludgeon,
  • railroad through,
  • thrust upon,
  • Importune,
  • trammel,
  • drag in,
  • drag into.
  •
  • stampede,
  • whip into,
  • hold over,
  • hold to.
  •
  • obligate.
  •
  • bug.
  •bullyrag
  • Chivied,
  • chivy,
  • Chivying.
  •command
  • prevails,
  • take over,
  • taking over,
  • presided over,
  • have authority,
  • preside over,
  • over-ride,
  • predominates,
  • hold office,
  • reign over,
  • exercise power,
  • governs,
  • Wielding.
  •compel
  • Shotguns,
  • throwing weight around,
  • throw weight around,
  • shotgunned,
  • make necessary,
  • shotgunning,
  • crack down,
  • put the arm on,
  • concussed,
  • concussing,
  • concuss,
  • shotgun.
  •oblige
  • obliged.
  •strong-arm
  • violencing,
  • strong arm,
  • violenced.
  •terrorize
  • Frighted,
  • Frighting,
  • scare to death,
  • strike terror into,
  • scared to death.

Paraphrases for Coerce:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    Coercing, Coerced.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    compel, oblige, obligate, commit, bully, bind, impose.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    force, constrain, enforce, enforced, intimidate, pressure, push.

Antonyms for Coerce:

• v.

  • compel, press
    dissuade, halt, encourage, assist, allow, help, let go, free, release, suppress, aid, repress, discourage, stop, leave alone.
  • Other antonyms:
    let, move, induce, persuade, satisfy, win, convince, prevail, permit, talk, argue.

Hypernym for Coerce:

• v.

  • social
    drive, bludgeon, bring oneself, turn up the pressure, turn up the heat, steamroll, terrorise, sandbag, squeeze for, steamroller, terrorize, railroad, dragoon.

Hyponym for Coerce:

• v.

  • social
    obligate, compel, oblige.