force back

1. 1.

   cause to move back by force or influence

   “repel the enemy”

   “push back the urge to smoke”

   “beat back the invaders”

   Synonymsrepeldriverepulsepush backbeat back

   Broaderpush

Questions about force back

What does force back mean?

force back means "cause to move back by force or influence".

What is another word for force back?

Close synonyms include repel, drive, repulse, push back, beat back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is force back a common word?

force back is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.