n. Function: noun
1
Synonyms: POWER 4, arm, beef, energy, might, muscle, potency, sinew, strength, strong arm
Related Words: pressure, strain, stress, tension; headway, impetus, momentum, speed, velocity; vigor
2
Synonyms: POINT 3, cogency, effectiveness, punch, validity, validness
3
forces plural
Synonyms: TROOP 2, armed forces, military, servicemen
4 the exercise of power in order to impose one's will on a person or to have one's will with a thing FF1C; move a huge boulder by main force FF1E;
Synonyms: coercion, compulsion, constraint, duress, violence
Related Words: fierceness, intensity, vehemence; effort, exertions, pains, trouble
Contrasted Words: compliance, submission, yielding; impotence, powerlessness, weakness
Antonyms: forcelessness