10 Letter Words for Compelling
compelling
8 Letter Words for Compelling
clomping, comeling, comingle, compinge, compline
7 Letter Words for Compelling
celling, cleping, coillen, colline, colling, compile, comping, complin, eloping, gemonil, genomic, glomeli, lioncel, logline, melling, monepic, pleonic, polemic, polling, pollmen
6 Letter Words for Compelling
cimnel, cineol, cingle, cloine, coelin, cogmen, coigne, coling, collen, collie, collin, coming, compel, coping, elling, eloign, enclog, encoil, enolic, epigon, gnomic, impone, income, legion, leglin, leming, lingel, lingle, lionel, loeing, loipen, lomein, loming, loping, megilp, mellic, mellon, micell, mingle, moeing, moline, moling, moping, niello, ocelli, oilmen, oneill, peliom, pencil, picong, pigeon, pingle, pinole, pleion, plonge, pocill, police, poling, pollen
5 Letter Words for Compelling
cello, celom, cinel, clime, cline, cling, clipe, clomp, clone, clong, cogie, coign, coing, colen, colin, conge, conli, copei, copen, eloin, elong, emong, enlil, enoil, eolic, genic, genio, genip, genom, gimel, ginep, gipon, glime, glome, glomi, gnome, golem, golpe, ileon, impel, impen, incle, incog, ingem, ingle, legin, lemon, ligne, limen, linge, lingo, loeil, logic, logie, login, loipe, longe, mecon, melic, melon, mille, mince, minge, moile, molle, molpe, monel, monic, monie, nicol, noemi, nolle, nomic, ogmic, oleic, olein, opine, oping, pelon, pengo, pilon, pinge, pingo, pleon, pling, ploce, plong, pomel, ponce
4 Letter Words for Compelling
ceil, cell, ciel, cill, cine, cion, cipo, cleg, clem, clep, clin, clio, clip, clog, clon, clop, coil, coin, cole, coli, coll, colp, come, coml, comp, cone, cong, coni, cope, ecol, econ, egol, elli, emic, encl, engl, enol, epic, epil, geic, gein, gell, genl, geol, geom, gien, gile, gill, gilo, gimp, glei, glen, glim, glom, glop, goel, goen, gole, goli, goll, golp, gome, gone, icon, incl, ingo, leng, leno, leon, lice, lien, lige, lile, lilo, lime, limn, limo, limp, line, ling, lino, lion, lipe, loci, locn, loge, loin, loli, lome, lone, long, lope, mein, meio, mell, meng, meno, mice, mico, mien, mile, mill, milo, mine, ming, mino, moil, mole, moll, mone, mong, mope, nemo, nice, nile, nill, niog, noel, noil, nole, noll, nome, nope, oeci, ogle, oime, olpe, omen, omni, once, opec, open, pell, peng, peni, peon, pice, pico, pien, pile, pill, pilm, pine, ping, pino, pion, plie, plim, pnce, poem, poil, pole, poll, pome, pone, pong
3 Letter Words for Compelling
cel, cen, ceo, cep, cgm, cie, cig, cli, clo, cml, cog, col, com, con, cop, cpi, cpl, cpm, cpo, ecg, ecm, eco, ego, eli, ell, elm, emo, emp, enc, eng, enl, eom, eon, epi, gel, gem, gen, geo, gie, gim, gin, gio, gnp, goi, gol, gon, gop, gpm, ice, ign, ile, ill, ilo, imo, imp, inc, ing, ion, ipl, ipm, ipo, lcm, leg, lei, lem, leo, lep, lie, lig, lim, lin, lip, llm, loc, loe, log, lop, lpm, lpn, mcg, meg, mei, mel, men, mic, mig, mil, min, moc, moe, mog, moi, mol, mon, mop, mpg, nco, neg, nei, neo, nep, nie, nig, nil, nim, nip, nog, nol, nom, oie, oil, ole, olm, olp, one, oni, ope, pci, pcm, pec, peg, pel, pen, pic, pie, pig, pil, pin, pli, poi, pol, pom, pon
Definitions for Compelling
[1] tending to compel, as to force or push toward a course of action; overpowering: There were compelling reasons for their divorce.
[2] having a powerful and irresistible effect; requiring acute admiration, attention, or respect: a man of compelling integrity; a compelling drama.
[3] to force or drive, especially to a course of action: His disregard of the rules compels us to dismiss him.
[4] to secure or bring about by force.
[5] to force to submit; subdue.
[6] to overpower.
[7] Archaic . to drive together; unite by force; herd.
[8] to use force.
[9] to have a powerful and irresistible effect, influence, etc.
[10] arousing or denoting strong interest, esp admiring interest
[11] (of an argument, evidence, etc) convincing
[12] to cause (someone) by force (to be or do something)
[13] to obtain by force; exact to compel obedience
[14] to overpower or subdue
[15] archaic to herd or drive together
Words related to Compelling
fascinating, compulsory, forcible, imperative, coercive
Words nearby Compelling
compañia, compd., compeer, compel, compellation, compelling, compendious, compendium, compensable, compensate, compensated acidosis
Origin of Compelling
1350–1400; Middle English compellen (< Anglo-French ) < Latin compellere to crowd, force, equivalent to com- com- + pellere to push, drive
Words that may be confused with Compelling
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, compelcoerce, compel, constrain, force, oblige, compel, impel, (see, synonym, study, at, the, current, entry)
Other words from Compelling
un·com·pel·ling , adjective
com·pel·la·ble , adjective
com·pel·la·bly , adverb
com·pel·lent , adjective
com·pel·ler , noun
com·pel·ling·ly , adverb
pre·com·pel , verb (used with object), pre·com·pelled, pre·com·pel·ling.
un·com·pel·la·ble , adjective
un·com·pelled , adjective
Word origin for Compelling
C14: from Latin compellere to drive together, from com- together + pellere to drive
Synonyms for Compelling
fascinating, constraining, coercive, compulsory, forcible, imperative
