Usually means: Strongly captivating or very convincing.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. compelling: Merriam-Webster
  2. compelling: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. compelling: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. compelling: Collins English Dictionary
  5. compelling: Vocabulary.com
  6. Compelling, compelling: Wordnik
  7. compelling: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. compelling: Wiktionary
  9. compelling: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. compelling: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. compelling: Dictionary.com
  12. compelling: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Compelling: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Compelling: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. compelling: Rhymezone
  16. compelling: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. compelling: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. compelling: FreeDictionary.org
  19. compelling: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. compelling: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. compelling: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. compelling: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. compelling: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. compelling: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Compelling: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (compelling)

▸ adjective:  Strongly or irresistibly evoking interest or attention.
▸ adjective:  Forceful.
▸ noun:  An act of compulsion; an obliging somebody to do something.

Similar:
powerful, persuasive, insistent, riveting, eye-catching, sensational, forcible, attention-grabbing, gripping, grabby, more...

Opposite:
unconvincing, dull, uninteresting, tedious, uninspiring

Types:
persuasive, convincing, irresistible, forceful, coercive, impressive, authoritative, credible, more...

Phrases:
compelling case, compelling state interest, compelling desire, captivating compelling, compelling in a possessive way, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     indigo,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby, more...



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Similar:
powerful, persuasive, insistent, riveting, eye-catching, sensational, forcible, attention-grabbing, gripping, grabby, more...

Opposite:
unconvincing, dull, uninteresting, tedious, uninspiring

Types:
persuasive, convincing, irresistible, forceful, coercive, impressive, authoritative, credible, more...

Phrases:
compelling case, compelling state interest, compelling desire, captivating compelling, compelling in a possessive way, compelling evidence, compelling need, compelling interesting noteworthy, more...

Colors:
    crimson,     indigo,     emerald,     sapphire,     ruby, more...



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