📖 Definitions of "Compelled"
verb
- 1
To drive together, round up
- 2
To overpower; to subdue.
- 3
To force, constrain or coerce.
"Logic compels the wise, while fools feel compelled by emotions."
- 4
To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.
🔄 Synonyms of "Compelled"
3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| constrained | Kept within close bounds; confined. |
| obligatenoun | (transitive) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie. |
| boundverb | Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Compelled"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| boundverb | (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of. |
| constrained | Kept within close bounds; confined. |
| obligateverb | (transitive) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie. |
| obligatedverb | (Canada, US, Scotland) Having an obligation; obliged. |
| broughtverb | (transitive, ditransitive) To transport toward somebody/somewhere. |
| causedverb | (transitive) To set off an event or action; to bring about; to produce. |
| coercedverb | (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in an attempt to compel one to act against their will. |
| committedverb | Obligated or locked in (often, but not necessarily, by a pledge) to some course of action. |
| driven | Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals. |
| droveverb | To herd cattle; particularly over a long distance. |
| dutynoun | (countable, uncountable) That which one is morally or legally obligated to do. |
| enforcedverb | forced or compelled or put in force |
| forcedverb | Obtained forcefully, not naturally. |
| held | "Held" is a song by Smog, released as his first single from his 1999 album Knock Knock. |
| impelledverb | urged or forced to action through moral pressure |
| imposedverb | set forth authoritatively as obligatory |
| kept | a reality television series that centered on Jerry Hall (model and ex-wife to Mick Jagger) searching for a kept man. |
| lednoun | Under somebody's control or leadership. |
| mandatedverb | required, mandatory |
| necessitatedverb | (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. |
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