Synonyms for obliged
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Under an obligation to do something.
All employees are obliged to complete a tax return every year.
Related words
- Phrases
- much obliged
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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.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- grateful I am grateful to you for inviting me to the party.
- indebted I'm deeply indebted to you for doing me this favour.
By length
- 7 letters
- bounden
- 8 letters
- grateful2, thankful2, indebted3, beholden3
- 9 letters
- obligated4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (grateful2 = 2 syllables).