Command and Force

Command

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.
Usage example: the general commanded his troops with Caesar-like imperiousness

Force is a synonym for command in rule topic. In some cases you can use "Force" instead the word "Command" as a verb or a noun.

Force

Force verb - To cause (a person) to give in to pressure.

Command is a synonym for force in obligate to do something topic. Sometimes you can use "Command" instead the word "Force" as a verb or a noun.

How words are described

joint joint command joint force
full full command full force
original original command original force
single single command single force
Other adjectives: effective, strong, actual, entire, real, great, personal, new, major, military, imperial, counter.

Common collocations

people command people force people
men command men force men
way command way force way
world command world force world
Other words: troops, anyone, enemy, forces, players, enemies, monsters.

Both words in one sentence

  • Someone with authority or power (or think they have) uses it to command or force people to do mundane or simple tasks for him/her.
  • Although Marisa Kirisame behaves tomboyishly and ends her sentences with "ze", a masculine sentence end which indicates force and command, she doesn't use "ore" in canon, as she's known to do in doujinshi.
    Source: Bokukko
  • Anime / Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Go Through Me: When Aki's Phantom infection becomes more unstable, and Gray elects that they need to get her to a hospital rather than being put into military custody, as per his orders, Hein's men attempt to relieve him of his command and force Aki's arrest.
Cite this Source
Force and Command. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/force
Command & Force. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/force>.
Force or Command. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/command/force.
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