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Definition of force : 1. A waterfall; a cascade.
2. Any action between two bodies which changes, or tends to change, their relative condition as to rest or motion; or, more generally, which changes, or tends to change, any physical relation between them, whether mechanical, thermal, chemical, electrical, magnetic, or of any other kind; as, the force of gravity; cohesive force; centrifugal force.
3. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
4. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigor; might; often, an unusual degree of strength or energy; capacity of exercising an influence or producing an effect; especially, power to persuade, or convince, or impose obligation; pertinency; validity; special signification; as, the force of an appeal, an argument, a contract, or a term.
5. Strength or power exercised without law, or contrary to law, upon persons or things; violence.
6. Strength or power for war; hence, a body of land or naval combatants, with their appurtenances, ready for action; -- an armament; troops; warlike array; -- often in the plural; hence, a body of men prepared for action in other ways; as, the laboring force of a plantation.
7. To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
8. To be of force, importance, or weight; to matter.
9. To compel ( an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit of which he has none.
10. To compel, as by strength of evidence; as, to force conviction on the mind.
11. To constrain to do or to forbear, by the exertion of a power not resistible; to compel by physical, moral, or intellectual means; to coerce; as, masters force slaves to labor.
12. To do violence to; to overpower, or to compel by violence to one; s will; especially, to ravish; to violate; to commit rape upon.
13. To exert to the utmost; to urge; hence, to strain; to urge to excessive, unnatural, or untimely action; to produce by unnatural effort; as, to force a consient or metaphor; to force a laugh; to force fruits.
14. To impel, drive, wrest, extort, get, etc., by main strength or violence; - with a following adverb, as along, away, from, into, through, out, etc.
15. To make a difficult matter of anything; to labor; to hesitate; hence, to force of, to make much account of; to regard.
16. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to storm, as a fortress.
17. To provide with forces; to reenforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
18. To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
19. To stuff; to lard; to farce.
20. To use violence; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor.
21. Validity; efficacy.

Synonyms:

overstretch, get out, squelch, embrace, the (old) bill, start off, repulse, puff, military group, tie, describe, conclusiveness, bonding, highway patrol, fitness, pull up, pull, go, advertize, unscrew, gouge, cram, drill, jab, exponent, duress, rack, biting, guide, rip, thread, cast, armament, baron, deplumate, centripetal force, air resistance, the boys in blue, gist, labor force, enduringness, mash, persistence, impression, resistance, thrust aside, tear, rend, consortium, index, beat back, contract, legions, horsepower, class, wad, quarter, draw out, force back, outcome, fund, gusty, inventory, delineate, surprise, crusade, crush, personnel department, oligopoly, staff office, gumption, squeeze, repertoire, perpetrate, peppiness, muscle, the Coast Guard, unit, multitude, big businessman, furiousness, corps, air force, run, affect, business leader, C in C, military capability, constrict, personnel, violence, the law, lunge, upshot, animation, bosom, ram down, pull back, fierceness, military strength, tug, draw and quarter, specialty, suck, array, dominance, stick, man, blackmail, deposit, twitch, sinew, Interpol, endurance, commit, brawn, withdraw, firepower, long suit, impact, the armed forces, key, organization, guard, ramp, blackjack, lodge, oomph, king, twinge, lastingness, feed, absorbance, storm, suasiveness, pry, flying squad, airborne, force-out, force play, police force, compost, military unit, ride, forensics, the CID, take, pluck, pierce, invent, tycoon, take up, pressure, create, restraint, the artillery, hug, determination, capillary action, squash, issue, constabulary, stuff, wildness, leadership, drag into, attack, ferocity, police, drag, stock, capability, athleticism, impotence, compress, aim, jar, draw in, depict, repel, finest, committee, threaten, cutting, strong point, draw off, durability, event, monopoly, following, eviscerate, unfold, help, crack something open, military force, crash, over, posture, draw, try, military, compel, imbibe, deplume, burning issue/question, arm-twisting, metier, bonsai, the Beaufort scale, suck up, wedge, cavalry, gentle, pass, fuzz, fury, ability, the force, bear on, clinic, speciality, deadhead, persuasiveness, forcefulness, reservoir, superpower, compact, absorb, vehemence, convincingness, potence, unlock, amplitude, efficiency, catalyze, take in, greatness, bulldoze, set off, forces, promote, labour, drug squad, intensity level, root for, cross-pollinate, result, coercion, trace, pool, gale-force, easterly, troops, willpower, strain, calorific, cross-fertilize, great power, staple, coerce, manpower, burden, budget, form, aerate, rage, pinch, get-up-and-go, essence, effectiveness, take out, sop up, jam, feature, haul, oppression, east, pull in, constraint, workforce, inaugurate, contingent, persuasion, sprightliness, pull out, campaign, soldiery, push up, concern, element, disembowel, soldiers, world power, mogul, strong, reap, forte, wring, bully, priority, foul play, weakness, open up, the authorities, efficacy, the Garda, soak up, military posture, agitate, nag, balance, major power, extract, weight, intensity, consequence, attract, burst open, centrifugal force, jampack, pester, magnate, strong suit, line, top executive, extort, board, push back, badger, repercussion, hale, get, point, personnel office, air power, rive, press, shoulder, labor, fight, chock up, attraction, core, advertise, virility, the fuzz, motor, displume, heat, undo, tweet, vitality, pound, cart, bed out

coterie, herd, flock, detachment, detail, troop, posse, faction, cell, retinue, litter, fleet, fellowship, bunch, collection, wing, band, complement, battalion, crowd, fraternity, group, sect, team, caucus, society, crew, union, coalition, assemblage, outfit, party, pack, junta, club, school, circle, regiment, nest, platoon, hive, phalanx, army, set, string, company, gang, tribe, covey, league, drove, body, ring, staff, host, cadre, aggregation, brigade, division, mob, bevy, troupe, cabal, clique, clan, assembly, squad, colony

instigate, sling, bump, poke, prod, goad, stimulate, prompt, jog, hurtle, entice, urge, move, lob, heave, catapult, jolt, jerk, impel, encourage, pitch, ferment, fling, nudge, throw, knock, foment, propel, hasten, thrust, shoot, shove, trigger, push, magnetize, hurl, jostle, ram, strike, launch

energize, charge, rouse, invigorate, revive, power, empower, recharge, fire, activate, spark

potency, stamina, verve, energy, spirit, zip, vim, fervor, effervescence, strength, zing, might, puissance, activity, pep, vivacity, vigor, zeal, spunk, snap

fomentation, propulsion, catalyst, goading, impulsion, facilitation, stimulation, fermentation, prompting, induction, magnetism, enticement

influence, empowerment, control, rank, domination, mastery, command, mandate, prerogative, primacy, prepotency, right, kingship, sway, license, mightiness, cogency, clout, enfranchisement, punch, purview, entitlement, prestige, superiority, office, title, seniority, sovereignty, stature, credential, powerfulness, steam, privilege, precedence, birthright, commission, faculty, authority

origination, enforce, give rise to, drive, compunction, generate, cause, execution, basis, generation, engender, inspire, provoke, effectuation, stimulus, make, inspiration, mainspring, evoke, grounds, engineer, factor, root, act, motivate, motive, bring about, motivator, enforcement, compulsion, produce, execute, originate, provocation, action, determinant, elicit, elicitation, evocation, source, induce, effect

competence, grasp

Usage examples:

• It was during the time I was absent that this rule came into force. - "Second Shetland Truck System Report", William Guthrie.
• " You force me to speak in that way. - "The Duke's Children", Anthony Trollope.
• I will not have force used. - "Mysterious Mr. Sabin", E. Phillips Oppenheim.