compelling
adjective
1 compelling
Driving or forcing.
Roget 744: compelling etc. v.; coercive, coactive†; inexorable etc. 739; compulsory, compulsatory†; obligatory, stringent, peremptory. forcible, ... show more
2 compelling
Tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument.
Moby thesaurus: actuating, acute, animating, causal, causative, clamorous, coactive, compulsive, compulsory, constraining, critical, crucial, crying, decretal, decretive, decretory, dictating, directive, driving, exigent ... show more.
compel
verb
1 compel
Force somebody to do something:
— We compel all students to fill out this form.
Roget 157: be powerful etc. adj.; gain power etc. n.. belong to, pertain to; lie in one's power, be in one's power; can, be able. give power, ... show more
Roget 601: lie under a necessity; befated†, be doomed, be destined &c., in for, under the necessity of; have no choice, have no alternative; be one's fate etc. n.. to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a to be pushed to the wall to be driven into a corner, to be unable to help. ... show more
Roget 744: compel, force, make, drive, coerce, constrain, enforce, necessitate, oblige. force upon, press; cram down the throat, thrust down the throat, force down the throat; ... show more
Dutch: noodzaken, nopen, samendrijven
2 compel
Necessitate or exact.
Moby thesaurus: actuate, animate, beat down, beset, bind, break, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, cause, cause to, clamp down on, coerce, concuss, constrain, cow, daunt, despotize, dictate ... show more.
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