forceful

Other forms of forceful

comparative

forcefuller·

superlative

forcefullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about forceful

What does forceful mean?

forceful means "characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in forceful?

forceful has 2 syllables: for-ceful. The stress falls on "for". In IPA it is /ˈfɔɹsfəl/.

What is another word for forceful?

Close synonyms include emphatic. 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.

What is the opposite of forceful?

The recorded antonyms are forceless.

Is forceful a common word?

forceful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.