ENJOINS Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words

enjoins

verb

present tense third-person singular of enjoin

as in demands

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority police enjoined the community's full cooperation in getting rid of the drug dealers

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as in instructs

to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority undeterred, the captain enjoined his crew to sail at full speed into the mine-filled harbor

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as in forbids

to order not to do or use or to be done or used Quakerism enjoins the taking of human life

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Recent Examples of enjoins Curtis Morrison of Red Eagle Law notes in an interview that the Dorcas decision enjoins the USCIS holds, but the government has appealed that order. — Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 The result will be a legal race to see which of those courts enjoins the policy first. — John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2026

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MacKinney then demands that Colum hand over the keys to the castle — only for Colum to inform him that the estate was actually recently transferred to Ellen.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Mother demands Rick Jackson stop using slain daughter’s image in mailers.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of demands

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In this model, the device being signed into presents a code and instructs the user to enter it into a browser on a separate device.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Beside the cigarette vendor, another man is pulling a rainbow fishing net he's woven from its display on the long branch of a tree and instructs a cruiser to crouch before him.

— Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of instructs

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But the body currently forbids commercial mining because its members cannot agree on environmental standards or enforcement and compliance rules.

— Michael Albertus, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
Individuals could be targeted for an inquiry, but federal law forbids late purges of the voters rolls.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of forbids

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But that requires staying a few steps ahead of the technology’s capabilities.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Even Meta’s settlement with the attorneys general, which requires changes to features aimed at teens, contains plenty of unknowns and ties some of its actionability to competitors doing the same.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of requires

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The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Ilya is looking for work as an assistant, and the professor, with his dandyish nerd arrogance, tells him to look at a paper he’s written and come back in a few days.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tells

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The law prohibits federal officials from stationing troops or armed personnel at polling places, except when necessary to repel armed enemies of the United States.

— TIME Staff, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
California law allows police to share license plate reader data with other California public agencies, but prohibits sharing it with federal and out-of-state agencies.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of prohibits

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Going forward, the audit asks the Legislature to amend state law to provide clear instruction that prohibits state workers from regularly teleworking outside of California.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
This is a film that asks something of the viewer that isn’t an intellectual effort so much as an invitation to inhabit a different relationship to time.

— Elissa Suh, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of asks

Verb

Moments later, MacKinney storms in, kills one of Colum’s guards, and orders his men to round up the castle’s women and sequester them in the chapel.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
The moment when the audience gets up, goes to the restroom, orders drinks, and chats in the hallway.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

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