Synonyms for oblige
Definitions
- v. 1
To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
Your carelessness obliges firmness on my part.
- v. 2
To do (someone) a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
The singer obliged(us) with an encore.
Related words
- Word family
- obligate obligation obligatory
Forms
- Past participle
- obliged
e.g. obliged → compelled, obligated, coerced, driven…
Example sentences
- compel I compel you to adhere to our master's teachings.
- coerce I can try to persuade her to go, but I can't coerce her.
- constrain What human trespass would constrain thy power, O Zeus?
- obligate Many methanogenic Archaea are obligate anaerobes.
- favor The address was in favor of their social movement.
- accommodate He can't accommodate himself to his circumstances.
By length
- 4 letters
- make1, hold1, bind1
- 5 letters
- force1, drive1, serve1, favor2
- 6 letters
- please1, favour2, compel2, coerce2
- 7 letters
- benefit3, enforce2, gratify3
- 8 letters
- obligate3
- 9 letters
- constrain2
- 11 letters
- accommodate4, necessitate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (favor2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- obliger
- Italiano
- costringere
- Español
- obligar
- Deutsch
- zwingen
- Català
- obligar