Synonyms of the word

dragoon

• n. (military) A horse soldier; a cavalryman, who uses a horse for mobility, but fights dismounted.
• n. A carrier of a dragon musket.
• n. A variety of pigeon.
• v. To force someone into doing something; to coerce.

cavalryman

• n. A soldier in the cavalry.

coerce

• v. (transitive) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.
• v. (transitive) To use force, threat, fraud, or intimidation in attempt to compel one to act against his…
• v. (transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another…

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

hale

• n. (archaic) Health, welfare.
• adj. (dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.
• v. To drag, pull, especially forcibly.

pressure

• n. A pressing; a force applied to a surface.
• n. A contrasting force or impulse of any kind.
• n. Distress.
• n. Urgency.
• n. (obsolete) Impression; stamp; character impressed.
• n. (physics) The amount of force that is applied over a given area divided by the size of this area.
• v. (transitive) To encourage or heavily exert force or influence.

railroad

• n. (chiefly US and Canada) A permanent road consisting of fixed metal rails to drive trains or similar motorized…
• n. (chiefly US and Canada) The transportation system comprising such roads and vehicles fitted to travel…
• n. (chiefly US and Canada) A single, privately or publicly owned property comprising one or more such roads…
• n. (figuratively) A procedure conducted in haste without due consideration.
• v. (transitive) To transport via railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To operate a railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To work for a railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To travel by railroad.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.
• v. (transitive) To manipulate and hasten a procedure, as of formal approval of a law or resolution.
• v. (transitive) To convict of a crime by circumventing due process.
• v. (transitive) To procedurally bully someone into an unfair agreement.
• v. (role-playing games) To force characters to complete a task before allowing the plot to continue.
• v. (upholstery) To run fabric horizontally instead of the usual vertically.

sandbag

• n. a bag, filled with sand, that can be used to weigh something down, to make a defensive wall against flooding…
• v. To construct a wall of sandbags (around something).
• v. (transitive) To strike someone with a sandbag or other object to disable or render unconscious.
• v. (transitive) To deceive someone by pretending to be weak, or (in cards) to have a weak hand.
• v. To pretend to drink early on so that as the night draws on one can drink everyone "under the table".

squeeze

• v. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
• v. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
• v. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
• n. A close or tight fit.
• n. (figuratively) A difficult position.
• n. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
• n. (slang) A romantic partner.
• n. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the…
• n. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
• n. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
• n. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
• n. (epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling…
• n. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
• n. (dated) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe…

subject

• adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
• adj. Conditional upon.
• adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
• adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
• n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
• n. An actor; one who takes action.
• n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
• n. A particular area of study.
• n. A citizen in a monarchy.
• n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
• n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
• n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
• n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
• n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
• v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

subjugate

• v. To forcibly impose obedience or servitude.

trooper

• n. (military) A soldier of private rank in cavalry or armour. Abbreviated Tpr.
• n. A cavalry horse; charger.
• n. A soldier.
• n. (Britain) A troopship.
• n. (US) A state trooper.
• n. (Australia) A mounted policeman.
• n. One who endures adversity or hardship with an attitude of stoicism and persistence.