Synonyms of coerced

coerced 1 of 2

adjective

as in unwilling

not made or done willingly or by choice

coerced participation that couldn't last

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unwilling
• forced
• spontaneous
• accidental
• involuntary
• unintended
• unintentional
• will-less
• automatic
• impulsive
• unconscious
• unplanned
• instinctive
• inadvertent
• unprompted
• unwitting
• unpremeditated
• unknowing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• willing
• voluntary
• deliberate
• uncoerced
• intentional
• wilful
• willful
• unforced
• conscious
• planned
• knowing
• advised
• purposeful
• considered
• premeditated
• freewill
• volitional
• premeditative
• prepense
• self-inflicted
• self-imposed

coerced

2 of 2

verb

past tense of coerce

as in forced

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

was coerced into signing the document

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forced
• compelled
• obliged
• obligated
• pressured
• blackmailed
• drove
• dragooned
• constrained
• intimidated
• impelled
• bullied
• pressed
• impressed
• muscled
• sandbagged
• made
• blackjacked
• threatened
• browbeat
• cowed
• hectored
• terrorized
• twisted one's arm
• shamed
• badgered
• dragged
• bulldozed
• menaced
• harassed
• hounded
• high-pressured

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• let
• allowed
• permitted
• induced
• convinced
• moved
• satisfied
• argued
• persuaded
• won (over)
• talked (into)
• prevailed (on or upon)