Noun

• S: (n) duress (compulsory force or threat) "confessed under duress"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) force (a powerful effect or influence) "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) pressure (a force that compels) "the public brought pressure to bear on the government"
• S: (n) duress (compulsory force or threat) "confessed under duress"
• S: (n) heartbeat (an animating or vital unifying force) "New York is the commercial heartbeat of America"
• S: (n) lifeblood (an essential or life-giving force) "water is the lifeblood of India"
• S: (n) wheel (forces that provide energy and direction) "the wheels of government began to turn"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) influence (a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc) "used her parents' influence to get the job"
• S: (n) dead hand, dead hand of the past, mortmain (the oppressive influence of past events or decisions)
• S: (n) force (a powerful effect or influence) "the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them"
• S: (n) grip, grasp (an intellectual hold or understanding) "a good grip on French history"; "they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities"; "he was in the grip of a powerful emotion"; "a terrible power had her in its grasp"
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) force [Related to: force] (do forcibly; exert force) "Don't force it!"
• W: (v) force [Related to: force] (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"
• W: (v) force [Related to: force] (urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate)
• W: (v) force [Related to: force] (to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means) "She forced him to take a job in the city"; "He squeezed her for information"