| 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 |
| Main Entry: | obliged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound |
Synonyms: |
bounden, called by duty, committed, compelled, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, forced, indebted, indentured, obligated, pledged, required, tied, under obligation, urged |
| 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: | accountable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible for having done |
Synonyms: |
answerable, charged with, culpable, liable, obligated, obliged, 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: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
Synonyms: |
accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, be big, be game for, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, 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, hear of, hold with, indulge, let, license, live with, oblige, okay, pass, pass on, put up with, recognize, release, sanction, sit still for, stand, suffer, support, take kindly to, tolerate, warrant |
Antonyms: |
deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | answerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | responsible |
Synonyms: |
accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, compelled, constrained, liable, obligated, obliged, subject, to blame |
Antonyms: |
irrefutable, unaccountable, unprovable |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be published; perform |
Synonyms: |
be created, be developed, be invented, become available, come into being, come into existence, come on, come on stage, come out, enter, make an appearance, oblige, perform, play, play a part, present oneself, take part |
| Main Entry: | appreciative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | thankful |
Synonyms: |
beholden, grateful, indebted, obliged, responsive |
Antonyms: |
unappreciative, ungrateful |
| Main Entry: | beholden |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | indebted |
Synonyms: |
bound, grateful, in hock, into, obligated, obliged, on a string, on the arm, on the cuff, on the tab, owe one, owing, responsible, under obligation |
Antonyms: |
ingrateful |