Definition for Coerce:

• k[= o]-[. e]rs', v.t. to restrain by force: to compel.-- adj. COER'CIBLE.-- adv. COER'CIBLY.-- ns. COER'CION, restraint: government by force; COER'CIONIST.-- adj. COER'CIVE, having power to coerce: compelling.-- adv. COER'CIVELY.-- n. COER'CIVENESS. [ L. coerc[= e]re-- co-, together, arc[= e]re, to shut in.]

Synonyms for Coerce:

• n.

  •
  • pester,
  • badger,
  • threaten.
  •
  • control,
  • curb,
  • restrain,
  • restrict,
  • hinder.
  •
  • strong-arm.
  •
  • obligate.
  •coerce (noun)
  • hale,
  • force,
  • pressure.

• v.

  •compel (verb)
  • drive,
  • hijack,
  • dragoon,
  • spark,
  • incite,
  • galvanize,
  • stimulate,
  • intimidate,
  • urge,
  • daunt,
  • push,
  • bully,
  • stress,
  • pressure,
  • foment,
  • browbeat,
  • impel,
  • propel,
  • cause,
  • bulldoze,
  • dictate,
  • press,
  • goad,
  • oblige,
  • compel,
  • mandate,
  • nag,
  • motivate.
  •compel, press (verb)
  • drive,
  • force,
  • terrorize,
  • make an offer they can't refuse,
  • intimidate,
  • beset,
  • lean on,
  • oblige,
  • bully,
  • cow,
  • high pressure,
  • twist one's arm,
  • urge,
  • make,
  • restrict,
  • impel,
  • threaten,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • hinder,
  • pressurize,
  • menace,
  • dragoon,
  • concuss,
  • strong-arm,
  • bulldoze,
  • shotgun,
  • browbeat,
  • push,
  • constrain.
  •social (verb)
  • hale,
  • squeeze,
  • force,
  • pressure.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • bludgeon,
  • pester,
  • trammel,
  • Importune,
  • strong-arm.
  •
  • lean on,
  • pressurize,
  • stampede,
  • railroad,
  • enforce,
  • pin down,
  • badger.
  •
  • obligate.
  •compel
  • concuss,
  • shotgun.
  •require
  • oblige.
  •subjugate
  • enslave.
  •Other relevant words:
  • enthral,
  • demand,
  • twist arm,
  • indispensable,
  • impose,
  • curb,
  • wreak,
  • shanghai,
  • press for,
  • impose upon,
  • constrain,
  • blackjack,
  • restrain,
  • cow,
  • wrench,
  • fury,
  • humiliate,
  • fabricate,
  • shotgun,
  • compulsion,
  • constraint,
  • eject,
  • arrogate,
  • break,
  • keep down,
  • insist,
  • order,
  • high pressure,
  • strength,
  • assume,
  • coercion,
  • contract,
  • lord it over,
  • important,
  • give no quarter,
  • tread down,
  • man,
  • create,
  • rage,
  • vital,
  • keep back,
  • twist one's arm,
  • withhold,
  • exact,
  • hinder,
  • critical,
  • prevail on,
  • violence,
  • concuss,
  • compact,
  • call,
  • overmaster,
  • gouge,
  • bounce,
  • hector,
  • make an offer they can't refuse,
  • alive,
  • necessitate,
  • ask,
  • fundamental,
  • extract,
  • guy,
  • prod,
  • make,
  • commanding,
  • enslave,
  • badger,
  • centrifugal force,
  • terrorise,
  • expedite,
  • hale,
  • grind down,
  • haul,
  • stringent,
  • hold from,
  • derive,
  • command,
  • trammel,
  • oppress,
  • insist upon,
  • Bethrall,
  • mankind,
  • sandbag,
  • husband,
  • keep from,
  • cascade,
  • humble,
  • influence,
  • strong-arm,
  • pin down,
  • pull,
  • disaster,
  • Henpeck,
  • necessary,
  • effect,
  • calamity,
  • insist on,
  • attract,
  • trample down,
  • hustle,
  • get,
  • crush,
  • provoke,
  • instant,
  • trample under foot,
  • require,
  • mortify,
  • push around,
  • tyrannise,
  • keep in,
  • compress,
  • lively,
  • remarkable,
  • grind,
  • keep under,
  • produce,
  • spur,
  • efficacy,
  • pressurize,
  • drag,
  • hold back,
  • ride roughshod over,
  • debar,
  • essential,
  • bleed,
  • screw,
  • prompt,
  • bludgeon,
  • check,
  • restrict,
  • hound,
  • walk all over,
  • plague,
  • embarrass,
  • deal hardly with,
  • shove,
  • significant,
  • stampede,
  • castrate,
  • thrust,
  • bind,
  • torment,
  • actuate,
  • sway,
  • threaten,
  • serious,
  • garrison,
  • egg on,
  • Despotize,
  • boy,
  • lean on,
  • milk,
  • stuff,
  • compulsory,
  • tyrannize,
  • beat down,
  • blow,
  • force,
  • Inthrall,
  • cart,
  • ram,
  • wedge,
  • control,
  • keep in check,
  • bullyrag,
  • terrorize,
  • usurp,
  • trample upon,
  • harass,
  • bosom,
  • put the squeeze on,
  • exhort,
  • entreat,
  • twinge,
  • urgent,
  • beset,
  • instruct,
  • blackmail,
  • obligate,
  • draw,
  • Importune,
  • forced,
  • catastrophe,
  • inflict,
  • tread under foot,
  • clamp down on,
  • twist,
  • squeeze,
  • DO,
  • unman,
  • menace,
  • cataract,
  • fierceness,
  • impress on,
  • enthrall,
  • gentleman,
  • pester,
  • subjugate,
  • wrest,
  • depict,
  • inthral,
  • key,
  • crucial,
  • enforce,
  • overawe,
  • storm,
  • extort,
  • domineer,
  • prevail upon,
  • steamroller,
  • pressing,
  • override,
  • impress upon,
  • beg,
  • keep within bounds,
  • rouse,
  • overbear,
  • animated,
  • efficiency,
  • ought to,
  • close in on,
  • wring,
  • Bethral,
  • imperious,
  • imperative,
  • shame,
  • impose on,
  • person,
  • railroad,
  • pin,
  • hold in,
  • obligatory.

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:
    induce, talk, satisfy, persuade, permit, prevail, argue, win, move, let, allow, convince.

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.