obligate

The word “obligate” has 3 syllables: ob-li-gate

It's pronounced as /ˈɑblɪˌɡeɪt/


What is synonym and antonym for obligate?

In the thesaurus, “obligate” has 37 synonyms and 13 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for obligate

  • astrict
  • badger
  • bind
  • blackjack
  • blackmail
  • browbeat
  • bulldoze
  • bully
  • coerce
  • compel
  • constrain
  • cow
  • drag
  • dragoon
  • drive
  • force
  • harass
  • hector
  • high-pressure
  • hound
  • impel
  • impress
  • indebt
  • intimidate
  • make
  • make indebted
  • menace
  • muscle
  • oblige
  • press
  • pressure
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • sandbag
  • shame
  • terrorize
  • threaten

Antonyms for obligate

  • allow
  • argue
  • convince
  • free
  • induce
  • let
  • let go
  • let off
  • move
  • permit
  • persuade
  • release
  • satisfy

Meanings of obligate

  • 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. Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
    2. Absolutely indispensable; essential.

Example Sentences

  • The signed contract will obligate both parties to fulfill their agreed-upon terms.
  • The new policy will obligate employees to undergo regular training sessions.
  • By accepting the scholarship, students obligate themselves to maintain a certain academic standard.
  • The legal agreement will obligate the company to provide specific services within the defined timeframe.
  • The terms of the lease obligate the tenant to pay rent on the first of each month.

On this page you'll find 50 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obligate, such as: allow, argue, astrict, badger, bind, blackjack, blackmail.

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Related Words

accountable

  • amenable
  • answerable
  • beholden
  • charged with
  • culpable
  • indebted
  • liable
  • obligated
  • obliged
  • on the hook
  • responsible

call upon

  • acquaint
  • adjure
  • administer
  • admonish
  • advance
  • advise
  • advocate
  • announce
  • appeal
  • apply
  • appoint
  • apprise
  • arouse
  • ask
  • ask alms
  • assemble
  • assert oneself
  • authorize
  • ban
  • bank on
  • bar
  • beckon
  • beep
  • beg
  • benefit
  • beseech
  • besiege
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bite
  • blow in
  • bludge
  • boss
  • brace
  • break the news
  • bum
  • burn
  • buzz
  • cadge
  • calculate
  • call
  • call back
  • call for
  • call forth
  • call in
  • call into action
  • call on
  • call the shots
  • call the signals
  • call together
  • captain
  • care for
  • carry on
  • cause
  • caution
  • challenge
  • charge
  • charm
  • check
  • chisel
  • cite
  • claim
  • clamor for
  • clue in
  • coerce
  • come by
  • come over
  • command
  • commit
  • compel
  • concert
  • conduct
  • confess
  • confide
  • conjure
  • constrain
  • contest
  • convene
  • convoke
  • counsel
  • count
  • crave
  • debar
  • declare
  • decree
  • demand
  • depend
  • designate
  • desire
  • dictate
  • dime up
  • direct
  • disburse
  • disclose
  • divulge
  • dominate
  • draft
  • draw on
  • egg on
  • enact
  • enchant
  • encourage
  • engage in
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • ensorcell
  • entail
  • entrance
  • entreat
  • entrust
  • exact
  • execute
  • exorcise
  • expect
  • explain
  • express
  • fascinate
  • figure on
  • fill in
  • forbid
  • force
  • force upon
  • forewarn
  • freeload
  • gather
  • give directions
  • give facts
  • give orders
  • give out
  • go and see
  • goad
  • govern
  • grant
  • guide
  • hail
  • handle
  • head
  • hit up
  • hold down
  • hustle
  • impart
  • impetrate
  • implore
  • importune
  • impose
  • incite
  • inflict
  • influence
  • inform
  • inhibit
  • insist
  • insist upon
  • instruct
  • interdict
  • intrust
  • invite
  • invoke
  • involve
  • keep posted
  • knock
  • lay down the law
  • lay open
  • leak
  • lean
  • leave word
  • let in on
  • let know
  • let slip
  • level
  • levitate
  • live hand to mouth
  • look for
  • look in on
  • look to
  • look up
  • maintain
  • make known
  • manipulate
  • mark out
  • mendicate
  • mention
  • minister
  • mobilize
  • mooch
  • motion
  • muster
  • nick
  • nickel up
  • notify
  • obligate
  • oblige
  • officiate
  • open up
  • operate
  • ordain
  • order
  • ordinate
  • oversee
  • panhandle
  • pass the hat
  • persuade
  • petition
  • pilot
  • play tricks
  • plead
  • ply
  • pop in
  • postulate
  • pray
  • preach
  • prescribe
  • preside
  • press
  • pressure
  • prick
  • proclaim
  • prod
  • prohibit
  • prompt
  • propel
  • propose
  • proposition
  • push for
  • put before
  • put foot down
  • put in for
  • put the bite on
  • put the touch on
  • question
  • raise
  • rally
  • recall
  • recite
  • reckon
  • reel off
  • refer
  • regulate
  • rely
  • report
  • represent
  • request
  • require
  • requisition
  • resort to
  • restrain
  • reveal
  • ring
  • rouse
  • rule
  • rule out
  • run
  • run the show
  • run-in
  • say
  • score
  • scrounge
  • seek
  • send for
  • set
  • sign
  • signal
  • solicit
  • solicit charity
  • speak
  • spit it out
  • sponge
  • sponge on
  • spur
  • stand on
  • state
  • steer
  • stimulate
  • stop
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • strike
  • submit
  • subpoena
  • sue
  • suggest
  • summon
  • superintend
  • supervise
  • supplicate
  • take
  • take care of
  • take charge
  • take over
  • take the helm
  • take the lead
  • tap
  • task
  • tell
  • toll
  • touch
  • train
  • trust
  • turn up
  • urge
  • use
  • utter
  • voodoo
  • want
  • warn
  • watch
  • watch over
  • wield

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

lade

  • afflict
  • bail
  • baptize
  • bathe
  • bear down on
  • bleed
  • bother
  • bucket
  • burden
  • clog
  • clutter
  • crush
  • cumber
  • decant
  • deplete
  • depress
  • dip
  • dish
  • dish it out
  • dish out
  • douse
  • drain
  • draw
  • drench
  • duck
  • dump on
  • dunk
  • eliminate
  • empty
  • encumber
  • exhaust
  • fill
  • freight
  • give it to
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • heap
  • hinder
  • immerse
  • impede
  • irrigate
  • laden
  • ladle
  • lave
  • load
  • lower
  • lumber
  • make heavy
  • moisten
  • mound
  • obligate
  • oppress
  • overburden
  • overcharge
  • overload
  • overtax
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pile
  • pitch
  • plunge
  • press
  • pump
  • rinse
  • saddle
  • saddle with
  • scoop
  • siphon
  • slop
  • slosh
  • snow
  • snow under
  • soak
  • souse
  • splash
  • spoon
  • stack
  • steep
  • stick it to
  • strain
  • submerge
  • submerse
  • suction
  • surcharge
  • syphon
  • tax
  • trouble
  • try
  • vex
  • wash
  • water
  • weigh
  • weigh down
  • weight
  • wet
  • worry

laid down

  • abandoned
  • abnegated
  • accented
  • accentuated
  • adjured
  • administered
  • advanced
  • advertised
  • advocated
  • affirmed
  • allowed
  • announced
  • approved
  • arranged
  • asserted
  • assigned
  • assured
  • authorized
  • averred
  • avouched
  • avowed
  • bade
  • bid
  • blazed
  • boosted
  • brought about
  • called
  • ceded
  • championed
  • charged
  • chose
  • coerced
  • commanded
  • committed
  • compelled
  • conducted
  • confirmed
  • consigned
  • constituted
  • constrained
  • controlled
  • convinced
  • coughed up
  • declared
  • decreed
  • defended
  • defined
  • delivered
  • deserted
  • dictated
  • directed
  • discarded
  • effected
  • emphasized
  • enacted
  • enjoined
  • entrusted
  • espoused
  • executed
  • explained
  • fixed
  • forced
  • forfeited
  • forsook
  • gave up
  • governed
  • guaranteed
  • handed over
  • instructed
  • intrusted
  • justified
  • led
  • legislated
  • made
  • managed
  • obligated
  • obliged
  • ordained
  • ordered
  • passed
  • permitted
  • persuaded
  • plugged
  • prescribed
  • proclaimed
  • professed
  • promoted
  • pronounced
  • publicized
  • ratified
  • rationalized
  • reaffirmed
  • reasserted
  • reenacted
  • released
  • relinquished
  • rendered
  • renounced
  • repassed
  • required
  • resigned
  • said
  • sanctioned
  • selected
  • set
  • settled
  • shed
  • specified
  • stressed
  • supported
  • surrendered
  • told
  • transferred
  • turned in
  • turned over
  • underlined
  • underscored
  • upheld
  • waived
  • yielded

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