Synonyms for in force
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : fawrs, fohrs |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔrs, foʊrs |
Top 10 synonyms for in force Other synonyms for the word in force
- accessible
- accomplishing
- achieving
- actual
- adequate
- alive
- astir
- at work
- attested
- authoritative
- bona fide
- bustling
- capable
- cogent
- confirmed
- convincing
- crucial
- current
- decisive
- determinative
- dynamic
- effecting
- effective
- efficacious
- efficient
- employable
- engaged
- exertive
- flowing
- forcible
- fulfilling
- functional
- functioning
- going
- good
- hasty
- hot
- impelling
- important
- in a job
- in effect
- in execution
- in force
- in full swing
- in gear
- in operation
- in play
- in process
- indicative
- irrefutable
- just
- key
- kosher
- laboring
- lawful
- legal
- legit
- legitimate
- licit
- live
- logical
- mobile
- movable
- moving
- official
- on fire
- on the job
- on track
- open
- operating
- operational
- operative
- original
- persuasive
- potent
- powerful
- practicable
- practical
- productive
- progressive
- proven
- pure
- pushing
- qualified
- rapid
- real
- relevant
- restless
- rolling
- running
- rushing
- rust
- rustling
- serviceable
- shifting
- significant
- simmering
- solid
- sound
- speeding
- speedy
- standing
- streaming
- stringent
- strong
- substantial
- successful
- swarming
- telling
- tested
- traveling
- true
- trustworthy
- turning
- ultimate
- unadulterated
- unanswerable
- uncorrupted
- usable
- useful
- valid
- viable
- virtuous
- walking
- weighty
- well-founded
- well-grounded
- workable
- working
Définition of in force
Origin :- c.1300, "physical strength," from Old French force (12c.) "force, strength, courage, fortitude; violence, power, compulsion," from Vulgar Latin *fortia (cf. Spanish fuerza, Italian forza), noun use of neuter plural of Latin fortis "strong" (see fort). Meaning "body of armed men, army" first recorded late 14c. (also in Old French). Physics sense is from 1660s; force field attested by 1920.
- As in operative : adj active, functioning; influential
- As in valid : adj right, genuine
- As in working : adj active, occupied
- As in active : adj having movement
- As in going : adj active
- As in effective : adj in use at the time
- As in effectual : adj influential; authoritative
Antonyms for in force
- abeyant
- apathetic
- counterfeit
- disinterested
- dormant
- evil
- fake
- false
- fixed
- fruitless
- idle
- illegal
- illegitimate
- illicit
- immobile
- impotent
- improbable
- inactive
- incapable
- indifferent
- ineffective
- ineffectual
- inert
- inoperative
- invalid
- lazy
- passive
- permanent
- quiescent
- quiet
- sluggish
- stationary
- unacceptable
- unemployed
- unengaged
- unexciting
- unfunctional
- unlawful
- unlikely
- unmovable
- unoccupied
- unproductive
- unreal
- unreliable
- unsound
- unsuccessful
- untrustworthy
- unworking
- useless
- weak
- worthless
- wrong
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