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forceful

Syllables: force·ful/ˈfɔːsfəl/

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Australia/ˈfoːsfəl/

forceful adjective: capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.

Adjective

forceful (comparative more forceful, superlative most forceful)

  1. Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
    • forceful leader
    • forceful speech
    Synonyms:
    forcible, cogent

forceful meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

forceful in Tamil

வலிமையான, விசையுடன்

forceful in Urdu

مؤثر, پوڑھا, قوی, طاقتور, زبردست, زوردار

forceful in Malayalam

energetic, dynamic, assertive
ശക്തമായ, ഊർജ്ജസലമായ, കരുത്തുറ്റ, ചലനാത്മകമായ, ശക്തിയേറിയ, ഊർജ്ജിത
convincing, cogent, compelling
ശക്തമായ, പ്രബലമായ, അതിശക്ത, ബോദ്ധ്യപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, ഉറപ്പുള്ള, അഖണ്ഡനീയമായ

forceful in Kannada

ಸಬಲ, ಶಕ್ತ, ಪ್ರಬಲ

Examples of forceful in a sentence

  • She gave a forceful argument against the proposal.
  • His forceful personality often dominated discussions.

All 17 example sentences with forceful

Synonyms of forceful

Antonyms

Forms of forceful

comparativemore forceful
superlativemost forceful
alternative form (obsolete)forcefull

Origin of forceful

From force + -ful.

Words formed from forceful

Questions about forceful

What does forceful mean?
Forceful means capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.
What is forceful in Tamil?
Forceful in Tamil is வலிமையான, விசையுடன். See Forceful meaning in Tamil.
How do you use forceful in a sentence?
She gave a forceful argument against the proposal.
What part of speech is forceful?
Forceful is an adjective.
How do you pronounce forceful?
Forceful is pronounced /ˈfɔːsfəl/ (UK).

Words near forceful in the dictionary

  1. forcefemmed
  2. forcefemming
  3. forcefems
  4. forcefield
  5. forcefields
  6. forceful
  7. forcefull
  8. forcefully
  9. forcefulness
  10. forcefulnesses
  11. forceless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: forceful (page history and authors); forceful (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forceful (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); forceful (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); forceful (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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