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forceful
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As an adjective, forceful means capable of either physical or coercive force.
Meanings of forceful
3 meaningsadjective
Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
Characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)
“a forceful speaker”
“a forceful personality”
“forceful measures”
Forceful and definite in expression or action
“the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty”
Similar: emphatic
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: forceful and definite in expression or action
Oppositesforceless
Words that rhyme with forceful
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