Synonyms for obliging
- adjective
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Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Happy and ready to do favours for others.
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One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one who is obliging performs some actual service, or has the disposition to do so.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- friendly My boyfriend is smart, handsome, and friendly too.
- polite My mother taught me that it's not polite to point.
- accommodating The trick to playing Tetris well is maintaining a flat and accommodating board.
- amiable She is not only beautiful but also amiable.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| obliging | steady | |
| friendly | rising | |
| polite | rising | |
| accommodating | rising | |
| amiable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- kind1
- 5 letters
- civil2
- 6 letters
- polite2, benign2
- 7 letters
- willing2, helpful2, amiable4, affable3
- 8 letters
- friendly2, gracious2, debonair3
- 9 letters
- compliant3, courteous3, agreeable4
- 10 letters
- benevolent4, neighborly3
- 11 letters
- considerate4, deferential4, neighbourly3, complaisant3
- 13 letters
- accommodating5, accommodative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (civil2 = 2 syllables).