Social life

Synonyms for compel

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineSocial life

force somebody to do something

We compel all students to fill out this form.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

oblige

Same sentence, swapped: We oblige all students to fill out this form.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for compel as it is used in the sentence above.

collide
modify
stimulate

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Closest first: other social life words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

redeemingadjectivesavingbringing about salvation or redemption from sinRidgeline regulateverborderbring into conformity with rules or principles or usageRidgeline2 senses reinverbharnesscontrol and direct with or as if by reinsRidgelineHas a reason line relinquishverbreleaserelease, as from one's gripRidgeline2 senses observeverbkeepbehave as expected during holidays or ritesTreeline occupyverbtakeassume, as of positions or rolesTreelineHas a reason line offendverbbreakact in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promisesTreelineHas a reason line avoidverbavertprevent the occurrence ofRidgelineHas a reason line

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