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forceful

DEFINITIONS OF: forceful

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adj characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)

“a forceful speaker”
“a forceful personality”
forceful measures”
“a forceful plan for peace”
Synonyms
bruising
brutally forceful and compelling
drastic
forceful and extreme and rigorous
emphatic, exclamatory
sudden and strong
firm, strong
strong and sure
forcible, physical, strong-arm
impelled by physical force especially against resistance
impellent
forcing forward or onward; impelling
impetuous
marked by violent force
sharp
quick and forceful
Antonyms:
forceless, unforceful
lacking force; feeble
wimpish, wimpy
weak and ineffectual
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adj forceful and definite in expression or action

Synonyms:
emphatic
assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive
aggressively self-assured
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