Force

Quick meaning: Force is a noun meaning (countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

Meaning

(countable) Anything that is able to make a substantial change in a person or thing.

More Meanings

1. Something or anything that has the power to produce a physical effect upon something else, such as causing it to move or change shape.
2. (countable) Something that exerts influence.
3. (uncountable) Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
4. (law, uncountable) The state of having legal weight, of being legally valid,.
5. Ability to influence; strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect.
6. (countable) A group organized for the goal of attacking, controlling, or constraining, especially one with a set command structure (in particular, a military or police group).
7. (physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body and which has a direction and is measured in a unit dimensioned in mass × distance/time² (ML/T²): SI: newton (N); CGS: dyne (dyn).

Example Sentences

show of force

force of nature

air force; police force

which now they hold by force, and not by right

Word Forms

• forces
• forcing
• forced
• forcest
• forcedst
• forceth

Synonyms for force

Depending on context, synonyms include influence, factor, pressure, effect, thrust, abuse.

Antonyms for force

Common opposites include draw, push, pull.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include strength, drive, forcefulness, power, impel, coerce.

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