Synonyms for compelling
kəmˈpɛl ɪŋcom·pelling

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1. compellingadjective

   driving or forcing

   "compelling ambition"

   Antonyms:
   dissuasive, powerless

2. compellingadjective

   tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument

   "new and compelling evidence"

   Antonyms:
   dissuasive, powerless

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1. compellingadjective

   Synonyms:
   forcible, coercive, constraining, imperative, compulsory

   Antonyms:
   elective, optional, discretional

2. compellingnoun

   Synonyms:
   compulsion, coercion, constraint, duress, force

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1. List of paraphrases for "compelling":

   convincing, persuasive, pressing, cogent, attractive, peremptory, imperative, urgent, irrefutable, conclusive, fascinating, binding, overriding, irresistible, probative, eloquent, weight

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1. Alex Gawley:

   So far, we see compelling evidence that scheduling time on your calendar is the best way to do that.

2. Wendy Sue Swanson:

   Programming has gotten better and better at capturing our kids' attention, and while this is provocative and compelling for children's minds, it also sets them up for this expectation that the world moves at a certain pace, and we know that it doesn't.

3. Richard House:

   Even a period of stability would be good for emerging markets, the carry is becoming compelling, so even if you get stability you will make decent money in context of decent yields.

4. Dean Turner:

   It forces the hand (of Johnson's opponents), compelling them to act sooner and more decisively if they wish to do so.

5. John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859:

   The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it. Each is the proper guardian of his own health, whether bodily, or mental or spiritual. Mankind are greater gainers by suffering each other to live as seems good to themselves, than by compelling each to live as seems good to the rest.