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Thesaurus: coactive

Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

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  1. a. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.
  2. a. Acting in concurrence; united in action.
  3. 1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton. 2. Acting in concurrence; united in action. With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.
  4. a. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive. a. Acting in concurrence; united in action.