Force
Point
Point noun - The quality of an utterance that provokes interest and produces an effect.
Usage example: her jokes are often long, rambling stories that have no point whatsoever
Force is a synonym for point in effect topic. Sometimes you can use "Force" instead a noun "Point", if it concerns topics such as meaning.
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| original | original force | original point |
| true | true force | true point |
| single | single force | single point |
| small | small force | small point |
| Other adjectives: strong, actual, entire, real, large, main, new, major, driving, political, primary. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- The original script for the pilot established Jack as the leader...only to kill him at the halfway point and force Kate into the role.
- The plan: surround the intended Alliance "surface" point and force the enemy close to the target planetoid, at which point it would be destroyed with the Anti Matter cannon with the resulting explosion taking the Alliance armada with it.
Source: Hyperspeed Ambush - The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov: "built like a force-field latrine brick outhouse." (If you're wondering about the practicality of a force-field latrine, note that that's the point of the original metaphor.)
Source: Hold Your Hippogriffs
Cite this Source
Point and Force. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/force/point
Force & Point. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/force/point>.
Point or Force. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/force/point.
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