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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb Compel has 2 senses

• compel(v = verb.social) obligate, oblige - force somebody to do something; "We compel all students to fill out this form"
is one way to cause, get, have, induce, make, stimulate
Derived form noun compulsion₃
Sample sentence:
They Compel him to write the letter

• compel(v = verb.stative) - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
is one way to ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

Compel

actuate, animate, beat down, beset, bind, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, cause, cause to, clamp down on, coerce, concuss, constrain, cow, daunt, despotize, dictate, domineer, domineer over, drive, drive on, energize, enforce, enslave, force, forward, foster, galvanize, give an impetus, give momentum, goad, grind, grind down, grip, have, henpeck, hold, impel, incite, infatuate, insist upon, intimidate, keep down, keep under, lord it over, make, motivate, move, move to action, necessitate, not let go, oblige, obsess, oppress, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, possess, power, preoccupy, press heavy on, promote, propel, put in motion, repress, restrain, ride over, ride roughshod over, set agoing, set going, set in motion, shotgun, spark, stimulate, subjugate, suppress, terrorize, thrust, tie, trample down, trample upon, tread down, tread upon, tyrannize, tyrannize over, unman, use force upon, walk all over, walk over, weigh heavy on, whip on

ROGET THESAURUS

Compel

Necessity

VB lie under a necessity, befated, be doomed, be destined, in for, under the necessity of, have no choice, have no alternative, be one's fate, to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corne, to be unable to help, destine, doom, foredoom, devote, predestine, preordain, cast a spell, necessitate, compel.

Compulsion

VB compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige, force upon, press, cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat, say it must be done, make a point of, insist upon, take no denial, put down, dragoon, extort, wring from, squeeze, put on the squeeze, put on the screws, turn on the screw, drag into, bind, bind over, pin down, tie down, require, tax, put in force, commandeer, restrain.

Power

VB be powerful, gain power, belong to, pertain to, lie in one's power, be in one's power, can, be able, give power, confer power, exercise power, empower, enable, invest, indue, endue, endow, arm, strengthen, compel.

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