Antonyms for coerce
koʊˈɜrsco·erce

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1. coerceverb

   Synonyms:
   compel, bully, dragoon

2. coerceverb

   To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

   Synonyms:
   bully, compel, dragoon

3. coerceverb

   to use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his will.

   Synonyms:
   compel, bully, dragoon

4. coerceverb

   to force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.

   Synonyms:
   dragoon, compel, bully

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. coerce

   To compel one to an act is to secure its performance by the use of irresistible physical or moral force. Force implies primarily an actual physical process, absolutely subduing all resistance. Coerce implies the actual or potential use of so much force as may be necessary to secure the surrender of the will; the American secessionists contended that the Federal government had no right to coerce a State. Constrain implies the yielding of judgment and will, and in some cases of inclination or affection, to an overmastering power; as, "the love of Christ constraineth us," 2 Cor. v, 14. Compare DRIVE; INFLUENCE.

   See synonyms for HINDER.

   Synonyms:
   compel, constrain, drive, force, make, necessitate, oblige

   Preposition:
   The soldiers were compelled to desertion: preferably with the infinitive, compelled to desert.

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1. coerce

   Antonyms:
   permit, persuade, urge, instigate, encourage, liberate, induce, seduce, tempt

   Synonyms:
   restrain, inhibit, impel, compel, drive, counteract, check, constrain, force, confine, intimidate

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1. coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, forceverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   draw, storm, blackjack, pressure, crush, thrust, rack, ram, hale, press, blackmail, twitch, gouge, tweet, embrace, impel, force, shove, twinge, compress, hug, drive, constrict, cart, contract, extort, stuff, squeeze, squash, compact, pinch, drag, wring, mash, push, bosom, wedge, squelch, pull, haul

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1. coerceverb

   Synonyms:
   constrain, compel, intimidate, restrain

How to use coerce in a sentence?

1. Bill Jack:

   It’s unequal treatment before the law. The Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act is being used to coerce businesses to participate in events that violate their consciences.

2. Katherine Zimmerman:

   ISIS has made Al Qaeda seem less radical, less extreme, only because Al Qaeda will not employ the barbaric tactics that ISIS does to coerce and win loyalty through fear. Yet they seek the same goal, the problem with focusing on just ISIS or just Al Qaeda is that the U.S. has missed the real enemy—the Salafi-jihadi movement—of which Al Qaeda and ISIS are two global organizations.

3. Cody Wofsy:

   It is part of the administration's campaign to coerce and bully state and local governments to adopt policies it prefers.

4. Brittany McBride:

   This helps kids commit it to muscle memory so when they get to conversations about sex if they are looking for an affirmative' yes' and get the' no,' they won't coerce because they know how to handle the situation.

5. Mayor Ed Murray:

   The federal government can not compel our police department to enforce federal immigration law and can not use our federal dollars to coerce Seattle into turning our backs on our immigrant and refugee communities. We simply wo n’t do it.

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