perforce

1. 1.

   by necessity; by force of circumstance

Questions about perforce

What does perforce mean?

perforce means "by necessity; by force of circumstance".

How many syllables are in perforce?

perforce has 2 syllables: per-force. The stress falls on "force". In IPA it is /pɚˈfɔɹs/.

Is perforce a common word?

perforce is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with perforce?

4 words rhyme with perforce. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.