English

Detailed Synonyms for compelling in English

compelling:

compelling adj

  1. compelling
  2. compelling
  3. compelling
  4. compelling
    – tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument 1
    compelling
    – tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument 1
  5. compelling
    – driving or forcing 1
    compelling
    – driving or forcing 1
  6. compelling
    – Persuasive, convincing, or attractive. 2
    compelling
    – Persuasive, convincing, or attractive. 2

Related Words for "compelling":

  • compellingly

Alternate Synonyms for "compelling":


Related Definitions for "compelling":

  1. tending to persuade by forcefulness of argument1
    • new and compelling evidence1
  2. driving or forcing1
    • compelling ambition1
  3. Persuasive, convincing, or attractive.2

compel:

to compel verb (compels, compelled, compelling)

  1. to compel
    to force; coerce
    – to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : 1
    • force verb (forces, forced, forcing)
      • She forced him to take a job in the city1
    • coerce verb
    to compel; to oblige
    • compel verb (compels, compelled, compelling)
    • oblige verb (obliges, obliged, obliging)
  2. to compel
    to force; to oblige; to compel; to oblige to
    • force verb (forces, forced, forcing)
    • oblige verb (obliges, obliged, obliging)
    • compel verb (compels, compelled, compelling)
    • oblige to verb (obliges to, obliged to, obliging to)
  3. to compel
    to compel; to oblige to; to oblige
    • compel verb (compels, compelled, compelling)
    • oblige to verb (obliges to, obliged to, obliging to)
    • oblige verb (obliges, obliged, obliging)
    to force
    – to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means : 1
    • force verb (forces, forced, forcing)
      • She forced him to take a job in the city1
  4. to compel
    – force somebody to do something 1
    to compel; to oblige; obligate
    – force somebody to do something 1
    • compel verb (compels, compelled, compelling)
      • We compel all students to fill out this form1
    • oblige verb (obliges, obliged, obliging)
    • obligate verb
  5. to compel
    – necessitate or exact 1
    to compel
    – necessitate or exact 1
    • compel verb (compels, compelled, compelling)
      • the water shortage compels conservation1

Conjugations for compel:

present
  1. compel
  2. compel
  3. compels
  4. compel
  5. compel
  6. compel
simple past
  1. compelled
  2. compelled
  3. compelled
  4. compelled
  5. compelled
  6. compelled
present perfect
  1. have compelled
  2. have compelled
  3. has compelled
  4. have compelled
  5. have compelled
  6. have compelled
past continuous
  1. was compelling
  2. were compelling
  3. was compelling
  4. were compelling
  5. were compelling
  6. were compelling
future
  1. shall compel
  2. will compel
  3. will compel
  4. shall compel
  5. will compel
  6. will compel
continuous present
  1. am compelling
  2. are compelling
  3. is compelling
  4. are compelling
  5. are compelling
  6. are compelling
subjunctive
  1. be compelled
  2. be compelled
  3. be compelled
  4. be compelled
  5. be compelled
  6. be compelled
diverse
  1. compel!
  2. let's compel!
  3. compelled
  4. compelling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "compel":


Related Definitions for "compel":

  1. force somebody to do something1
    • We compel all students to fill out this form1
  2. necessitate or exact1
    • the water shortage compels conservation1