coerce C2 Topic:Ethics & Social Judgment US /koʊˈɝs/ UK /kəʊˈɜːs/ See IPA manual Freq #36467 Meanings 1 verb to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means They coerced the employee into taking a position in a city they were not interested in living in. Thesaurus Synonyms bludgeonbullycompeldragoonpressurizeconstrainbrowbeat ↔ Opposites blandishcajolewheedle Word family Forms coercedcoercescoercing Derived forms coerceecoercementcoercercoerciblecoercioncoercive Related forms coercive Etymology From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”). *h₂erk- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Ethics & Social Judgment External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # coerce **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** verb **IPA (US):** /koʊˈɝs/ **IPA (UK):** /kəʊˈɜːs/ **Frequency rank:** 36467 ## Meanings 1. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means ## Examples - They coerced the employee into taking a position in a city they were not interested in living in. ## Synonyms - bludgeon - bully - compel - dragoon - pressurize - constrain - browbeat ## Antonyms - blandish - cajole - wheedle ## Derived Forms - coercee - coercement - coercer - coercible - coercion - coercive ## Related Forms - coercive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *h₂erk- ## Etymology From Latin coërceō (“to surround, encompass, restrain, control, curb”), from co- (“together”) + arceō (“to inclose, confine, keep off”). ## Topics - Ethics & Social Judgment markdown