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Synonyms for oblige
əˈblaɪdʒoblige
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
oblige
Binding is primarily by something flexible, as a cord or bandage drawn closely around an object or group of objects, as when we bind up a wounded limb. We bind a sheaf of wheat with a cord; we tie the cord in a knot; we fasten by any means that will make things hold together, as a board by nails, or a door by a lock. The verbs tie and fasten are scarcely used in the figurative sense, tho, using the noun, we speak of the ties of affection. Bind has an extensive figurative use. One is bound by conscience or honor; he is obliged by some imperious necessity; engaged by his own promise; compelled by physical force or its moral equivalent.
Synonyms:
bind, compel, engage, fasten, fetter, fix, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, tieAntonyms:
free, loose, set free, unbind, unfasten, unloose, untiePreposition:
Bind to a pillar; unto an altar; to a service; bind one with chains or in chains; one is bound by a contract; a splint is bound upon a limb; the arms may be bound to the sides or behind the back; bind a wreath about, around, or round the head; twigs are bound in or into fagots; for military purposes, they are bound at both ends and in the middle; one is bound by a contract, or bound under a penalty to fulfil a contract.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
compel, oblige, obligateverb
force somebody to do something
"We compel all students to fill out this form"
Synonyms:
accommodate, bind, obligate, compel, holdAntonyms:
disobligeoblige, bind, hold, obligateverb
bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
"He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
Synonyms:
accommodate, book, attach, tie up, bond, view as, support, hold back, bandage, defend, take hold, bind, carry, deem, truss, hold up, arrest, hold, adjudge, guard, take, have, concord, check, make, stick, take for, go for, throw, defy, control, harbor, keep, apply, obligate, give, hold fast, entertain, concur, nurse, curb, constipate, moderate, tie down, stick to, have got, restrain, obtain, withstand, agree, sustain, halt, harbour, tie, maintain, confine, contain, keep back, retain, prevail, reserve, admit, compel, hold in, declare, adhere, bearAntonyms:
disobligeoblige, accommodateverb
provide a service or favor for someone
"We had to oblige him"
Synonyms:
admit, adapt, lodge, compel, fit, suit, accommodate, obligate, conciliate, hold, reconcile, bindAntonyms:
disoblige
Dictionary of English Synonymes
obligeverb
obligeverb
Synonyms:
serve, accommodate, please, favor, gratify, do a service for, do a favor toobligeverb
Synonyms:
OBLIGATE, bind, bring under obligation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obligeverb
Synonyms:
constrain, obligate, please, gratify, accommodate, coerce, compel, necessitate, force
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#26 | have | |
#132 | make | |
#148 | support | |
#176 | book | |
#246 | take | |
#272 | check | |
#333 | control | |
#555 | give | |
#656 | keep | |
#1022 | force | |
#1061 | apply | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1300 | secure | |
#1539 | require | |
#1727 | benefit | |
#1734 | agree | |
#1931 | fit | |
#2268 | reserve | |
#2412 | carry | |
#2422 | maintain | |
#2464 | fix | |
#2490 | bear | |
#2584 | obtain | |
#2700 | contain | |
#3261 | bond | |
#3387 | stick | |
#3496 | lodge | |
#3541 | guard | |
#3709 | suit | |
#4105 | commit | |
#4200 | nurse | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4607 | tie | |
#4776 | harbor | |
#5420 | moderate | |
#5455 | favor | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6448 | attach | |
#6821 | admit | |
#6857 | retain | |
#7466 | harbour | |
#7523 | arrest | |
#7739 | defend | |
#8016 | accommodate | |
#8275 | bind | |
#9348 | declare | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9453 | concord | |
#10510 | adapt | |
#11256 | sustain | |
#12551 | curb | |
#13959 | halt | |
#14008 | entertain | |
#14841 | adhere | |
#17822 | prevail | |
#19121 | withstand | |
#20901 | truss | |
#21923 | deem | |
#23024 | reconcile | |
#24755 | concur | |
#25684 | compel | |
#29907 | defy | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#31363 | constrain | |
#35325 | bandage | |
#36307 | fasten | |
#36343 | confine | |
#39203 | necessitate | |
#44733 | oblige | |
#48826 | coerce | |
#53456 | shackle | |
#53932 | obligate | |
#74728 | fetter | |
#87051 | gratify | |
#150294 | conciliate | |
#199421 | adjudge |
How to use oblige in a sentence?
To oblige persons often costs little and helps much.
Islamic values and the country's constitution oblige all bodies of the Islamic Republic to prevent any discrimination and inequality toward Iranians of any ethnicity, race or religion.
Recent discoveries about the primeval cosmos oblige us to accept that the expanding universe has been set up in its motion with a cooperation of astonishing precision.
I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives.
In framing a government, which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed, and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.
Translations for oblige
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- obligarCatalan, Valencian
- einen Gefallen tun, verpflichtenGerman
- obligarSpanish
- وادار کردنPersian
- obliger, rendre service, imposerFrench
- kötelez, lekötelezHungarian
- לחייבHebrew
- 恩義, サービス, 世話, 義務付けるJapanese
- een plezier doen, verplichtenDutch
- [[сде́лать]] [[одолже́ние]], [[де́лать]] [[одолже́ние]], [[быть]] [[обязанный, обя́зывать, обяза́тьRussian
- บังคับThai
- واجبUrdu
- oblidjîWalloon
- 责成Chinese
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