compulsion

compulsion is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
2. noun. using force to cause something to occur

   "though pressed into rugby under compulsion I began to enjoy the game"

   "they didn't have to use coercion"

   Synonyms: coercion

3. noun. an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid

   "he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"

4. noun. an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will

   "her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly"

   Synonyms: obsession

Synonyms

coercion, obsession

Common word forms

compulsions

Words from these letters

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