forced

[fawrst, fohrst] / fɔrst, foʊrst /

ADJECTIVE

compulsory, strained

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compelled contrived enforced involuntary mandatory unwilling

STRONG

affected begrudging binding bound coerced conscripted constrained grudging labored slave

WEAK

artificial coercive factitious false inflexible insincere obligatory peremptory rigid stiff stringent unnatural wooden

Antonyms

STRONGEST

voluntary

WEAK

noncompulsory spontaneous unforced

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These strike-slip earthquakes can occur at shallower depths than subduction quakes, where one tectonic plate is forced below another.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

First came the pushback from users themselves, who perceived the integration of AI features—particularly Microsoft’s Copilot assistant—as forced.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

“Winners move up, laggards move down, and index funds tracking trillions of dollars in assets are forced to adjust their holdings by the closing bell.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

The tsunami was triggered by a magnitude 8.8 earthquake on July 29 in the Kuril-Kamchatka subduction zone, where one tectonic plate is forced beneath another.

From Science Daily • Jun. 25, 2026

So as time wore on, I was forced to spin more.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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