forced[adjective]Synonyms:- compulsory, conscripted, enforced, involuntary, mandatory, obligatory
- false, affected, artificial, contrived, insincere, laboured, stiff, strained, unnatural, wooden
Antonyms: unforced
Contrasted words: easy, effortless, smooth, impulsive, instinctive, spontaneous, artless, natural, normal, unaffected, unsophisticated
Related Words: coerced,
compelled,
constrained,
artificial,
factitious,
unnatural,
inflexible,
rigid,
stiff,
wooden,
exhausting,
fatiguing [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
forced /fɔːst $ fɔːrst/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
forceful,
forcible,
forced;
noun:
force,
forcefulness;
adverb:
forcefully,
forcibly;
verb:
force]
1. a forced smile, laugh etc is not natural or sincere:
‘Oh, hello,’ said Eileen, with forced brightness.2. [only before noun] done suddenly and quickly because the situation makes it necessary, not because it was planned or wanted:
The plane had to make a forced landing in a field. the forced repatriation of thousands of refugees [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲