What is another word for compulsion?
416 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kəmpˈʌlʃən], [ kəmpˈʌlʃən], [ k_ə_m_p_ˈʌ_l_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for compulsion:- cause (noun)
- coercion (noun)
- command (noun)
- compulsion (noun)
- constraint (noun)
- drive, obligation (noun)
- emergency (noun)
- enforcement (noun)
- force (noun)
- goad (noun)
- idée fixe (noun)
- liability (noun)
- mania (noun)
- motive (noun)
- necessity (noun)
- need (noun)
- neurosis (noun)
- obligation (noun)
- obsession (noun)
- one-track mind (noun)
- oppression (noun)
- propulsion (noun)
- requirement (noun)
- requirement/requisite (noun)
- restraint (noun)
- urge (noun)
- violence (noun)
- other synonyms
- addiction
- force
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Compulsion:
n.
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- trust,
- concern,
- commitment.
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- routine,
- custom,
- preoccupation,
- addiction,
- as is someone's wont,
- take to,
- way of life,
- common practice,
- daily life,
- tendency,
- habit,
- ritual.
- generation,
- compunction,
- execution,
- provocation,
- cause,
- motive,
- source,
- drive,
- determinant,
- grounds,
- root,
- evocation,
- action,
- basis,
- motivator,
- effectuation,
- mainspring,
- inspiration,
- factor,
- elicitation,
- origination.
- dis-tress,
- mis adventure,
- cross road,
- cross roads,
- dis tresses,
- mis adventures,
- mis-adventures,
- dis tress,
- mis-adventure,
- dis-tresses.
- carrying outs,
- ex-actions,
- fulfillings,
- compulsory laws,
- necessitations,
- ex action,
- enforcings,
- ex actions,
- ex-action.
- constrait,
- what it take,
- what take,
- constraits,
- what takes,
- full head steam,
- dynamisms,
- horsepowers,
- subjections.
- fixed ideas,
- bug ear,
- dis order,
- monomanias,
- dis-order,
- tiger by tail,
- ax grind,
- in sanities,
- in-sanities,
- dis orders,
- in sanity,
- pre-occupation,
- on brain,
- in-sanity,
- pre occupation,
- pre-occupations,
- pre occupations,
- bee bonnet,
- dis-orders.
- energy,
- fermentation,
- magnetism,
- prompting,
- goading,
- compulsion,
- facilitation,
- induction,
- trigger,
- fomentation,
- stimulation,
- catalyst,
- propulsion,
- fire,
- enticement.
- no alternatives,
- in-dispensabilities,
- in-dispensability,
- pre requisites,
- life death,
- undeniabilities,
- in dispensabilities,
- no choices,
- pre conditions,
- indispensabilities,
- pre condition,
- un-deniabilities,
- pre-condition,
- pre requisite,
- un deniabilities,
- un-deniability,
- un deniability,
- in dispensability,
- needfulnesses.
- in stability,
- in-stability,
- in-stabilities,
- neurasthenias,
- crack ups,
- psychological disorders,
- in stabilities.
Other synonyms:
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- megalomania,
- sphere,
- ownership,
- purview,
- guardianship,
- trusteeship,
- duty,
- province,
- remit,
- responsibility,
- onus,
- accountability,
- hat,
- blame.
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- violence.
- keenness,
- VI ET ARMIS,
- power struggle,
- depression,
- destiny,
- dint,
- infatuation,
- love,
- authority,
- control,
- charge,
- power pack,
- disposition,
- emotionalism,
- fad,
- motive power,
- psychalgia,
- arm-twisting,
- spur,
- kick,
- twitching,
- might,
- mightiness,
- fatality,
- press,
- powerfulness,
- extremity,
- cacoethes,
- yearning,
- hysterics,
- coaction,
- fetish,
- rage,
- mental distress,
- manner,
- fancy,
- desire,
- weakness,
- high pressure,
- enthusiasm,
- attitude,
- yen,
- impellent,
- insensibility,
- liking,
- life,
- cogency,
- conscription,
- anxiety,
- Necessitude,
- lust,
- power structure,
- longing,
- stupor,
- complex,
- vehemence,
- puissance,
- charisma,
- lethargy,
- virility,
- force majeure,
- partiality,
- burden,
- craving,
- Cohibition,
- superiority,
- Necessariness,
- push,
- impulse,
- full force,
- concupiscence,
- vim,
- hindrance,
- productivity,
- Prepotency,
- hysteria,
- propensity,
- fascination,
- agency,
- hunger,
- abstraction,
- influence,
- apathy,
- productiveness,
- euphoria,
- thirst,
- Unavoidableness,
- vigor,
- potentiality,
- superpower,
- compulsiveness,
- Mana,
- stress,
- predilection,
- bent,
- fixation,
- by force,
- FIXE,
- affection,
- strongly,
- Black Power,
- way,
- possession,
- craze,
- dejection,
- pull,
- punch,
- penchant,
- alienation,
- inexorable necessity,
- second nature,
- fondness,
- catatonic stupor,
- clout,
- forcefulness,
- thing,
- abulia,
- impelling,
- might and main,
- withdrawal,
- frame of mind,
- validity,
- moxie,
- amperage,
- inclination,
- virulence,
- practice,
- tic,
- repression,
- detachment,
- anxiety state,
- anxiety equivalent,
- essential,
- steam,
- vigour,
- cogence,
- passion,
- predisposition,
- vitality,
- Potence,
- weight,
- flower power,
- effectiveness,
- incentive,
- driving force,
- indifference,
- full blast,
- pressing,
- poop,
- indispensableness,
- Obligatoriness,
- threat,
- pizzazz,
- elation,
- unresponsiveness,
- proclivity,
- beef,
- Obligement,
- impetus,
- suppression,
- potency,
- Armipotence,
- want,
- virtue,
- melancholia,
- brute force,
- rash impulse,
- momentum,
- interest,
- wattage,
- folie du doute,
- effectuality,
- itch,
- discipline,
- effect,
- hypochondria,
- pinch,
- moment.
Paraphrases for Compulsion:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
coercive, imposition, obligation, intimidation, compulsory, oppression, restraint, stress, stresses, hardship, strain, limitation, enforcement, restriction, Obligating, forcible, mandatory.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
constraint, pressure, requirement, force.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Compulsion:
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n.
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drive, obligation
independence, license, free will, freedom, liberty.
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Other antonyms:
doubt, doubtfulness, approval, dubiousness, suasion, agreement, reason, uncertainty, permission, persuasion, contingency, possibility, consent, convincing, choice, option, fortuity.
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drive, obligation
Hyponym for Compulsion:
n.
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motive
irrational impulse.
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motive
