Definition for Compulsion:

• an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions against your will

Synonyms for Compulsion:

• n.

  •
  • trust,
  • concern,
  • commitment.
  •
  • routine,
  • custom,
  • preoccupation,
  • addiction,
  • as is someone's wont,
  • take to,
  • way of life,
  • common practice,
  • daily life,
  • tendency,
  • habit,
  • ritual.
  •
  • strength,
  • attack.
  •cause (noun)
  • generation,
  • compunction,
  • execution,
  • provocation,
  • cause,
  • motive,
  • source,
  • drive,
  • determinant,
  • grounds,
  • root,
  • evocation,
  • action,
  • basis,
  • motivator,
  • effectuation,
  • mainspring,
  • inspiration,
  • factor,
  • elicitation,
  • origination.
  •coercion (noun)
  • coercion.
  •command (noun)
  • knowhow,
  • expertism,
  • primacy.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • motivation,
  • obsession,
  • incitement,
  • intimidation,
  • obligation.
  •constraint (noun)
  • a musts,
  • nono,
  • nono's,
  • drivings,
  • nonos,
  • no no,
  • impellings,
  • no no's,
  • no nos.
  •drive, obligation (noun)
  • engrossment,
  • prepossession,
  • exigency,
  • hang-up,
  • demand,
  • have on the brain,
  • driving.
  •emergency (noun)
  • dis-tress,
  • mis adventure,
  • cross road,
  • cross roads,
  • dis tresses,
  • mis adventures,
  • mis-adventures,
  • dis tress,
  • mis-adventure,
  • dis-tresses.
  •enforcement (noun)
  • carrying outs,
  • ex-actions,
  • fulfillings,
  • compulsory laws,
  • necessitations,
  • ex action,
  • enforcings,
  • ex actions,
  • ex-action.
  •force (noun)
  • constrait,
  • what it take,
  • what take,
  • constraits,
  • what takes,
  • full head steam,
  • dynamisms,
  • horsepowers,
  • subjections.
  •goad (noun)
  • de-sire,
  • de sire,
  • de-sires,
  • de sires,
  • in-citation,
  • in-citations,
  • in citations,
  • in citation.
  •idée fixe (noun)
  • obsessive compulsions,
  • irresistible impulses,
  • idee-fixe.
  •propulsion (noun)
  • thrust,
  • Shoving,
  • Throwing,
  • pushing.
  •requirement (noun)
  • prerequisite,
  • condition,
  • stipulation,
  • proviso,
  • requisite,
  • imperative.
  •requirement/requisite (noun)
  • pro viso,
  • pro vision,
  • pro-vision,
  • pro visions,
  • pro-visos,
  • pro visos,
  • pro-viso,
  • pro-visions.
  •restraint (noun)
  • withholdings,
  • self-government,
  • self-discipline.
  •urge (noun)
  • fire belly,
  • drutherses.
  •violence (noun)
  • murderousness,
  • destructiveness,
  • storminess,
  • ferocity,
  • brute force,
  • ferocities,
  • wildness,
  • terrorism.

• Other synonyms:

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  • megalomania,
  • sphere,
  • ownership,
  • purview,
  • guardianship,
  • trusteeship,
  • duty,
  • province,
  • remit,
  • responsibility,
  • onus,
  • accountability,
  • hat,
  • blame.
  •
  • fault,
  • restraint,
  • baton,
  • call,
  • job.
  •
  • violence.
  •addiction
  • monkey.
  •force
  • power.

Paraphrases for Compulsion:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    coercion, duress.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    coercive, imposition, obligation, intimidation, compulsory, oppression, restraint, stress, stresses, hardship, strain, limitation, enforcement, restriction, Obligating, forcible, mandatory.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    constraint, pressure, requirement, force.

Antonyms for Compulsion:

• n.

  • drive, obligation
    independence, license, free will, freedom, liberty.
  • Other antonyms:
    doubt, doubtfulness, approval, dubiousness, suasion, agreement, reason, uncertainty, permission, persuasion, contingency, possibility, consent, convincing, choice, option, fortuity.

Compulsion Sentence Examples:

• There is no compulsion, and there is next to no pay.

• Its method is compulsion, not love.

Hyponym for Compulsion:

• n.

  • motive
    irrational impulse.