Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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- S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
- direct troponym / full troponym
- S: (v) force, thrust (impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably) "She forced her diet fads on him"
- S: (v) stick, sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous) "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill"
- S: (v) walk (make walk) "He walks the horse up the mountain"; "Walk the dog twice a day"
- S: (v) parade, exhibit, march (walk ostentatiously) "She parades her new husband around town"
- S: (v) march (cause to march or go at a marching pace) "They marched the mules into the desert"
- S: (v) coerce, hale, squeeze, pressure, 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"
- S: (v) turn up the heat, turn up the pressure (apply great or increased pressure) "The Democrats turned up the heat on their candidate to concede the election"
- S: (v) drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly) "She is driven by her passion"
- S: (v) bludgeon (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club) "The teacher bludgeoned the students into learning the math formulas"
- S: (v) steamroller, steamroll (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure) "The Senator steamrollered the bill to defeat"
- S: (v) squeeze for (squeeze someone for money, information, etc.)
- S: (v) dragoon, sandbag, railroad (compel by coercion, threats, or crude means) "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"
- S: (v) terrorize, terrorise (coerce by violence or with threats)
- S: (v) bring oneself (cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative) "He could not bring himself to call his parents"
- S: (v) clamor (compel someone to do something by insistent clamoring) "They clamored the mayor into building a new park"
- S: (v) condemn (compel or force into a particular state or activity) "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"
- S: (v) shame (compel through a sense of shame) "She shamed him into making amends"
- S: (v) enforce, implement, apply (ensure observance of laws and rules) "Apply the rules to everyone"
- S: (v) run, execute (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine) "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
- S: (v) execute (carry out the legalities of) "execute a will or a deed"
- S: (v) give (execute and deliver) "Give bond"
- S: (v) enforce, impose, constrain (compel to behave in a certain way) "Social relations impose courtesy"; "duty constrains one to act often contrary to one's desires or inclinations"
- direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
- S: (v) induce, stimulate, cause, have, get, make (cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner) "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa"
- derivationally related form
- W: (n)
compulsion [Related to: compel] (using force to cause something to occur) "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"; "they didn't have to use coercion"
- W: (n)
obligation [Related to: oblige, obligate] (the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force) "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr
- sentence frame
- S: (v) oblige, bind, hold, obligate (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted) "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
- S: (v) oblige, accommodate (provide a service or favor for someone) "We had to oblige him"