obligated

The word “obligated” has 4 syllables: ob-li-gat-ed

It's pronounced as /ˈɑblɪˌɡeɪtɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for obligated?

In the thesaurus, “obligated” has 48 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obligated along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obligated

  • appreciative
  • badgered
  • beholden
  • blackjacked
  • blackmailed
  • bounden
  • browbeat
  • bulldozed
  • bullied
  • called by duty
  • coerced
  • committed
  • compelled
  • constrained
  • contracted
  • cowed
  • dragged
  • dragooned
  • drove
  • duty-bound
  • enslaved
  • forced
  • grateful
  • harassed
  • hectored
  • high-pressured
  • hounded
  • impelled
  • impressed
  • indebted
  • indentured
  • intimidated
  • made
  • menaced
  • muscled
  • obliged
  • pledged
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • required
  • sandbagged
  • shamed
  • terrorized
  • thankful
  • threatened
  • tied
  • under obligation
  • urged

Antonyms for obligated

  • allowed
  • argued
  • convinced
  • induced
  • let
  • moved
  • permitted
  • persuaded
  • satisfied

Meanings of obligated

  • verb
    1. To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral tie.
    2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
    3. To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
  • adjective
    1. Committed.
    2. Having an obligation; obliged.

Example Sentences

  • The signed contract obligated both parties to fulfill their respective responsibilities.
  • By accepting the award, the recipient felt obligated to deliver a heartfelt thank-you speech.
  • The new company policy obligated employees to attend mandatory training sessions.
  • As a member of the team, she was obligated to contribute to the collaborative project.
  • The financial agreement obligated the borrower to make monthly repayments according to the agreed-upon schedule.

On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obligated, such as: allowed, appreciative, argued, badgered, beholden, blackjacked, blackmailed.

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  • arm-twisted
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  • blackjacked
  • blackmailed
  • browbeat
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  • coerced
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  • dragged
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  • hounded
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  • obligated
  • obliged
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • sandbagged
  • shamed
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  • terrorized
  • threatened
  • wrested
  • wrung

laid down

  • abandoned
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  • obligated
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  • selected
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  • stressed
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  • surrendered
  • told
  • transferred
  • turned in
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  • upheld
  • waived
  • yielded

obliged

  • abetted
  • accommodated
  • aided
  • appeased
  • appreciative
  • appreciatory
  • assisted
  • attended
  • badgered
  • beholden
  • blackjacked
  • blackmailed
  • bounden
  • browbeat
  • bulldozed
  • bullied
  • called by duty
  • coddled
  • coerced
  • comforted
  • committed
  • compelled
  • conciliated
  • constrained
  • contented
  • contracted
  • cowed
  • delighted
  • dragged
  • dragooned
  • drove
  • duty-bound
  • enslaved
  • favored
  • forced
  • glad
  • gladdened
  • grateful
  • gratified
  • harassed
  • hectored
  • helped
  • high-pressured
  • hounded
  • humored
  • impelled
  • impressed
  • indebted
  • indentured
  • indulged
  • intimidated
  • made
  • menaced
  • mollified
  • mollycoddled
  • muscled
  • obligated
  • pacified
  • pampered
  • placated
  • pleased
  • pledged
  • pressed
  • pressured
  • relieved
  • required
  • sandbagged
  • satisfied
  • shamed
  • succored
  • supported
  • terrorized
  • thankful
  • thanking
  • threatened
  • tickled
  • tied
  • under obligation
  • urged

hampered

  • answerable
  • arrested
  • at fault
  • at the helm
  • authoritative
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barred
  • barricaded
  • bedfast
  • bedridden
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bonded
  • bottled-up
  • bound
  • bound to
  • bounded
  • braked
  • bridled
  • burdened
  • carrying the load
  • censurable
  • chained
  • chargeable
  • charged
  • checked
  • chilled
  • choked
  • circumscribed
  • clogged
  • closed
  • compassed
  • compelled
  • confined
  • constrained
  • contracted
  • controlled
  • cooped up
  • cramp
  • cramped
  • culpable
  • curbed
  • decision-making
  • decreased
  • defined
  • delayed
  • delimited
  • deprived
  • derailed
  • detained
  • determinate
  • deterred
  • devolving on
  • diminished
  • disrupted
  • duty-bound
  • embarrassed
  • encircled
  • encumbered
  • engaged
  • executive
  • exposed
  • fastened
  • fettered
  • finite
  • fixed
  • flattened out
  • foiled
  • fraught
  • frustrated
  • full
  • gave a hard time
  • governed
  • grounded
  • guilty
  • haltered
  • handcuffed
  • handicapped
  • held
  • held back
  • held up
  • held-back
  • hemmed in
  • high
  • hindered
  • hitched
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • iced
  • immured
  • impeded
  • imprisoned
  • in authority
  • in chains
  • in control
  • in jail
  • incarcerated
  • incommodious
  • incumbent
  • indisposed
  • inhibited
  • invalided
  • jailed
  • laden
  • laid up
  • leashed
  • liable
  • loaded
  • local
  • locked up
  • manacled
  • minding the store
  • mired
  • moderate
  • moderated
  • modified
  • muzzled
  • narrow
  • narrowed
  • obligated
  • obliged
  • obstructed
  • on ice
  • on the hook
  • open
  • oppressed
  • particular
  • pent
  • pledged
  • precise
  • prescribed
  • prevented
  • qualified
  • reduced
  • reined
  • reined in
  • repressed
  • reserved
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • retained
  • retarded
  • roadblocked
  • sabotaged
  • sealed up
  • sectional
  • secured
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • shortened
  • shut-in
  • sick
  • small
  • smothered
  • stayed
  • stifled
  • stopped
  • strangled
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • subject
  • suffocated
  • suppressed
  • surrounded
  • susceptive
  • sworn to
  • taxed
  • temperate
  • tempered
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
  • tied up
  • to blame
  • topical
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • under contract
  • under obligation
  • weighed down
  • weighted

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