Dictionary entry details
• FORCE (noun)
Meaning:
A unit that is part of some military service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
force; military force; military group; military unit
Context example:
he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
social unit; unit (an organization regarded as part of a larger social group)
Meronyms (members of "force"):
man; military man; military personnel; serviceman (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
phalanx (a body of troops in close array)
Republican Guard (Iraq's elite military unit whose primary role is to protect the government in Baghdad)
Haganah (the clandestine military wing of the Jewish leadership during the British rule over the mandate of Palestine from 1920 to 1948; became the basis for the Israel defense force)
IDF; Israeli Defense Force (the ground and air and naval forces of Israel)
militia; reserves (civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army)
home guard (a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere)
commando (an amphibious military unit trained for raids into enemy territory)
contingent; detail (a temporary military unit)
headquarters ((plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff)
spearhead (the leading military unit in an attack)
echelon (a body of troops arranged in a line)
legion (a large military unit)
trip wire (a small military force that serves as a first line of defense; if they become engaged in hostilities it will trigger the intervention of stronger military forces)
command (a military unit or region under the control of a single officer)
enemy (an opposing military force)
task force (a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective)
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)
naval unit (a military unit that is part of a navy)
air unit (a military unit that is part of the airforce)
armor; armour (a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles)
mujahadeen; mujahadein; mujahadin; mujahedeen; mujahedin; mujahideen; mujahidin (a military force of Muslim guerilla warriors engaged in a jihad)
Holonyms ("force" is a member of...):
armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)
Meaning:
One possessing or exercising power or influence or authority
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
force; power
Context examples:
the mysterious presence of an evil power / may the force be with you / the forces of evil
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
Moloch (a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice)
influence (one having power to influence another)
juggernaut; steamroller (a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way)
Meaning:
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Context example:
force equals mass times acceleration
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
physical phenomenon (a natural phenomenon involving the physics of matter and energy)
Domain category:
natural philosophy; physical science; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
propulsion (a propelling force)
pull (the force used in pulling)
push; thrust (the force used in pushing)
reaction ((mechanics) the equal and opposite force that is produced when any force is applied to a body)
stress ((physics) force that produces strain on a physical body)
torque; torsion (a twisting force)
magnetomotive force (the force that produces magnetic flux)
elan vital; life force; vital force; vitality ((biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms)
moment (a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force))
Lorentz force (the force experienced by a point charge moving along a wire that is in a magnetic field; the force is at right angles to both the current and the magnetic field)
drift; impetus; impulsion (a force that moves something along)
aerodynamic force (forces acting on airfoils in motion relative to the air (or other gaseous fluids))
affinity; chemical attraction (the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule)
attraction; attractive force (the force by which one object attracts another)
repulsion; repulsive force (the force by which bodies repel one another)
centrifugal force (the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)
centripetal force (the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body)
cohesion ((physics) the intermolecular force that holds together the molecules in a solid or liquid)
Coriolis force ((physics) a force due to the earth's rotation; acts on a body in motion (airplane or projectile) in a rotating reference frame; in a rotating frame of reference Newton's second law of motion can be made to apply if in addition to the real forces acting on a body a Coriolis force and a centrifugal force are introduced)
Meaning:
Group of people willing to obey orders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
personnel; force
Context example:
a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
patrol (a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security)
military personnel; soldiery; troops (soldiers collectively)
rank; rank and file (the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army))
staff (personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task)
line personnel (personnel having direct job performance responsibilities)
management personnel (personnel having overall planning and direction responsibilities)
hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce (the force of workers available)
military police; MP (a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners)
private security force; security force (a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry)
constabulary; law; police; police force (the force of policemen and officers)
paramilitary; paramilitary force; paramilitary organisation; paramilitary organization; paramilitary unit (a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops))
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
armed service; military service; service (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)
guerilla force; guerrilla force (an irregular armed force that fights by sabotage and harassment; often rural and organized in large groups)
Meaning:
A powerful effect or influence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the force of his eloquence easily persuaded them
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
influence (a power to affect persons or events especially power based on prestige etc)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
wheel (forces that provide energy and direction)
lifeblood (an essential or life-giving force)
heartbeat (an animating or vital unifying force)
duress (compulsory force or threat)
pressure (a force that compels)
Meaning:
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
violence; force
Context example:
he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
aggression; hostility (violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
domestic violence (violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women)
road rage (violence exhibited by drivers in traffic)
public violence; riot (a public act of violence by an unruly mob)
Meaning:
Physical energy or intensity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
forcefulness; strength; force
Context examples:
he hit with all the force he could muster / it was destroyed by the strength of the gale / a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
intensity; intensiveness (high level or degree; the property of being intense)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "force"):
brunt (main force of a blow etc)
impulse; momentum (an impelling force or strength)
energy; vigor; vigour; zip (forceful exertion)
Meaning:
A group of people having the power of effective action
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Context example:
he joined forces with a band of adventurers
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
social group (people sharing some social relation)
Meaning:
(of a law) having legal validity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
effect; force
Context example:
the law is still in effect
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
validity; validness (the quality of having legal force or effectiveness)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Meaning:
A putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
force out; force play; force-out; force
Context example:
the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
Hypernyms ("force" is a kind of...):
putout (an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout))
Domain category:
baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
• FORCE (verb)
Meaning:
To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pressure; hale; force; coerce; squeeze
Context examples:
She forced him to take a job in the city / He squeezed her for information
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
Cause:
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
terrorise; terrorize (coerce by violence or with threats)
dragoon; railroad; sandbag (compel by coercion, threats, or crude means)
squeeze for (squeeze someone for money, information, etc.)
steamroll; steamroller (bring to a specified state by overwhelming force or pressure)
bludgeon (overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club)
drive (to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly)
turn up the heat; turn up the pressure (apply great or increased pressure)
bring oneself (cause to undertake a certain action, usually used in the negative)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Sentence example:
They force him to write the letter
Meaning:
Urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
impel; force
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
cause; do; make (give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Sentence example:
They force him to write the letter
Meaning:
Move with force,
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
push; force
Context example:
He pushed the table into a corner
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
"Force" entails doing...:
press (exert pressure or force to or upon)
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
tip; topple; tumble (cause to topple or tumble by pushing)
shove; squeeze; stuff; thrust (press or force)
jam (push down forcibly)
drive (urge forward)
thrust (push forcefully)
push up (push upward)
muscle into (force one's way)
push aside; push away (push out of the way)
obtrude; push out; thrust out (push to thrust outward)
nudge; poke at; prod (to push against gently)
press; push (make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby)
beat back; drive; force back; push back; repel; repulse (cause to move back by force or influence)
shove (push roughly)
flick; jerk (throw or toss with a quick motion)
jostle; shove (come into rough contact with while moving)
nose (push or move with the nose)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
force out (force to move)
force out (force or drive out)
Meaning:
Impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
thrust; force
Context example:
She forced her diet fads on him
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
compel; obligate; oblige (force or compel somebody to do something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
stick; sting (saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something on somebody
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Meaning:
Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
wedge; squeeze; force
Context example:
I squeezed myself into the corner
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
compact; compress; pack together (make more compact by or as if by pressing)
impact (press or wedge together; pack together)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
ram; drive; force
Context examples:
She rammed her mind into focus / He drives me mad
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
thrust (push forcefully)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
toe; toenail (drive obliquely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Do forcibly; exert force
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
Don't force it!
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
pull (apply force so as to cause motion towards the source of the motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
force back (cause to move back by force or influence)
force out (force with the thumb)
force out (cause to come out in a squirt)
force out (expel from one's property or force to move out by a legal process)
Meaning:
Cause to move by pulling
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
draw; pull; force
Context examples:
draw a wagon / pull a sled
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "force"):
cart; drag; hale; haul (draw slowly or heavily)
attract; draw; draw in; pull; pull in (direct toward itself or oneself by means of some psychological power or physical attributes)
jerk; yank (pull, or move with a sudden movement)
winch (pull or lift up with or as if with a winch)
pick off; pluck; pull off; tweak (pull or pull out sharply)
drag (pull, as against a resistance)
tug (pull or strain hard at)
pick; pluck; plunk (pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion)
stretch (pull in opposite directions)
abduct (pull away from the body)
adduct (draw a limb towards the body)
pull back (move to a rearward position; pull towards the back)
twitch (move or pull with a sudden motion)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Take by force
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
storm; force
Context example:
Storm the fort
Hypernyms (to "force" is one way to...):
penetrate; perforate (pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
