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obliged - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | obliged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound |
| Synonyms: | committed, forced, indebted, indentured, obligated, pledged, required, tied, urged, bounden, called by duty, compelled, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, under obligation |
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | require |
| Synonyms: | bind, coerce, command, compel, constrain, force, impel, make, necessitate, obligate, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | let off |
| Main Entry: | oblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do a favor or kindness |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, aid, assist, avail, bend over backward, benefit, come around, contribute, convenience, don't make waves, favor, fill the bill, fit in, go fifty-fifty, gratify, grin and bear it, help, indulge, make a deal, make room, meet halfway*, please, profit, put oneself out, roll with it, serve, swim with the tide, take it*, toe the mark |
| Antonyms: | be mean |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accountable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for having done |
| Synonyms: | answerable, culpable, liable, obligated, obliged, charged with, on the hook |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust |
| Antonyms: | blameless, innocent, irresponsible, unaccountable, unreliable, untrustworthy |
| Main Entry: | answerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible |
| Synonyms: | accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, liable, obligated, obliged, subject, compelled, constrained, to blame |
| Antonyms: | irrefutable, unaccountable, unprovable |
| Main Entry: | beholden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indebted |
| Synonyms: | bound, grateful, into, obligated, obliged, owing, responsible, in hock, on a string, on the arm, on the cuff, on the tab, owe one, under obligation |
| Antonyms: | ingrateful |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | obligated; destined |
| Synonyms: | bent, certain, doomed, driven, fated, firm, forced, indentured, intent, made, obligated, obliged, pledged, pressed, required, restrained, sure, urged, apprenticed, articled, bounden, coerced, compelled, constrained, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, having no alternative, impelled, necessitated, under compulsion, under necessity |
| Antonyms: | free, permitted, unrestricted, allowed, unbounded, unobliged |
| Main Entry: | indebted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | under an obligation |
| Synonyms: | accountable, appreciative, beholden, bound, chargeable, grateful, hooked*, liable, obligated, obliged, owing, responsible, thankful, answerable for, bounden, duty-bound, honor-bound, in debt, in hock, owed |
| Antonyms: | paid, settled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obligated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound |
| Synonyms: | committed, forced, indebted, indentured, obliged, pledged, required, tied, urged, bounden, called by duty, compelled, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, under obligation |
| Main Entry: | on duty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | working |
| Synonyms: | busy, engaged, obliged, working, at work, clocked in, clocked in punched in, in a job, in gear, laboring, on the job, punched in |
| Main Entry: | thankful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appreciative |
| Synonyms: | beholden, content, contented, grateful, indebted, obliged, overwhelmed, pleased, relieved, satisfied, gratified, much obliged |
| Antonyms: | critical, thankless, ungrateful, unappreciative, unthankful |
| Main Entry: | pledged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound |
| Synonyms: | enforced, guaranteed, obligated, obliged, promised, plighted |
| Main Entry: | appreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thankful |
| Synonyms: | beholden, grateful, indebted, obliged, responsive |
| Antonyms: | ungrateful, unappreciative |
| Main Entry: | grateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | appreciative |
| Synonyms: | beholden, indebted, obliged, pleased, thankful, gratified |
| Antonyms: | heedless, thankless, ungrateful, unappreciative |
| Main Entry: | responsible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | accountable, in charge |
| Synonyms: | answerable, at fault, authoritative, bonded, bound, censurable, chargeable, culpable, engaged, executive, exposed, guilty, held, high, important, incumbent, liable, obligated, obliged, open, pledged, subject, tied, at the helm, bound to, carrying the load, compelled, constrained, contracted, decision-making, devolving on, duty-bound, fettered, hampered, in authority, in control, minding the store, on the hook, susceptive, sworn to, to blame, under contract, under obligation |
| Antonyms: | excused, exempt, free, immune, irresponsible |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
| Synonyms: | afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
| Antonyms: | bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, hear of, indulge, let, license, oblige, okay, pass, recognize, release, sanction, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, warrant, be big, be game for, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hold with, live with, pass on, put up with, sit still for, take kindly to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be published; perform |
| Synonyms: | come on, come out, enter, oblige, perform, play, be created, be developed, be invented, become available, come into being, come into existence, come on stage, make an appearance, play a part, present oneself, take part |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate; restrict |
| Synonyms: | compel, confine, constrain, detain, engage, enslave, force, hamper, hinder, indenture, necessitate, oblige, prescribe, require, restrain, restrict, yoke, hogtie*, lock up, put half nelson on, put lock on |
| Antonyms: | allow, free, let, permit, set free |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coerce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compel, press |
| Synonyms: | beset, browbeat, bulldoze*, bully, concuss, constrain, cow, dragoon, drive, force, high pressure, hinder, impel, intimidate, lean on, make, make an offer they can't refuse, menace, oblige, pressurize, push, put the squeeze on, repress, restrict, shotgun, strong-arm, suppress, terrorize, threaten, twist one's arm, urge |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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