Definition for Duty:

• An impost, as upon imports.

Synonyms for Duty:

• n.

  •
  • custom,
  • revenue.
  •
  • used,
  • application,
  • use.
  •
  • politics,
  • money,
  • pay.
  •act (noun)
  • duty,
  • obligation.
  •affair (noun)
  • trans action,
  • under taking,
  • under-takings,
  • office functions,
  • trans-actions,
  • under-taking,
  • under takings,
  • trans-action,
  • trans actions.
  •at liberty (noun)
  • free,
  • off,
  • off work,
  • inactive,
  • at leisure,
  • not engaged,
  • unemployed.
  •burden (noun)
  • mis fortune,
  • ball chain,
  • weary loads,
  • thorn in one side,
  • thorn one side,
  • mis fortunes,
  • herculean tasks,
  • excess baggages,
  • thorn ones side,
  • thorn side,
  • mis-fortunes,
  • thorn in ones side,
  • thorn one's side.
  •business (noun)
  • goings-on,
  • beeswax,
  • Hanky Panky.
  •chore (noun)
  • KPS,
  • scutworks.
  •command (noun)
  • requirement,
  • prohibitions,
  • adjurations,
  • will,
  • adjuration,
  • imperatives,
  • requirements.
  •commitment (noun)
  • pro mises,
  • pro-mises,
  • pro mise,
  • pro-mise.
  •compulsion (noun)
  • urgency,
  • hang up,
  • tiger by the tail,
  • Exigencies,
  • obsession,
  • have on the brain,
  • hangup.
  •conscience (noun)
  • small voice,
  • Superegos,
  • still small voice,
  • superego,
  • scruples,
  • squeam,
  • right and wrong.
  •debt (noun)
  • in the hole,
  • below the line,
  • outstandings,
  • in hock,
  • red ink,
  • out-standing,
  • dead horse.
  •department (noun)
  • slot.
  •detail (noun)
  • de tails,
  • de-tails,
  • kitchen polices,
  • de-tail,
  • de tail.
  •encumbrance (noun)
  • monkey one's back,
  • monkey ones back,
  • monkey on ones back,
  • monkey one back,
  • monkey back,
  • monkey on one back.
  •excise (noun)
  • sur charges,
  • sur-charges,
  • import taxes,
  • sur-charge,
  • sur charge.
  •expense (noun)
  • out-lay,
  • up-keep,
  • de-privations,
  • out puts,
  • up keep,
  • up-keeps,
  • out put,
  • over-heads,
  • de-privation,
  • out-puts,
  • in-vestment,
  • in vestment,
  • in-vestments,
  • over heads,
  • de privations,
  • de privation,
  • outdi,
  • out-put,
  • out-lays,
  • out pocket,
  • up keeps,
  • in vestments,
  • out lays.
  •fairness (noun)
  • dis-interestednesses,
  • dis-interestedness,
  • dis interestedness,
  • up-rightness,
  • give takes,
  • reasonablenesses,
  • up rightnesses,
  • fair mindedness,
  • fairmindedness,
  • up rightness,
  • openmindedness,
  • give take,
  • square deals,
  • dis interestednesses,
  • open mindedness,
  • up-rightnesses.
  •faithfulness (noun)
  • trustworthinesses.
  •fealty (noun)
  • divineds.
  •function (noun)
  • raison detre.
  •gallantry (noun)
  • graciousness,
  • prowess,
  • fearlessness,
  • nobility.
  •goal (noun)
  • de signs,
  • in tent,
  • in-tents,
  • de sign,
  • ground zeroes,
  • ground zeros,
  • in tents,
  • de-signs,
  • de-sign.
  •homage (noun)
  • re spect,
  • re-spect,
  • re-spects,
  • re spects,
  • kneelings.
  •percentage (noun)
  • piece action,
  • dis counts,
  • piece the action,
  • pro-portion,
  • pro portion,
  • pro-portions,
  • pro portions,
  • dis-counts.
  •position (noun)
  • nine to five,
  • nine-to-fives,
  • do's,
  • nine to fives.
  •price (noun)
  • damage,
  • premium,
  • dearness,
  • quotation,
  • worth,
  • tab,
  • price,
  • value,
  • figure,
  • amount,
  • outlay.
  •province (noun)
  • de mesne,
  • champaigns,
  • pro-vinces,
  • de-mesne,
  • de-pendency,
  • de pendencies,
  • co-unties,
  • co unties,
  • pro vinces,
  • pro-vince,
  • de pendency,
  • de-pendencies,
  • pro vince.
  •purpose (noun)
  • out come,
  • pro fit,
  • out comes,
  • pro-fits,
  • re-turns,
  • re turn,
  • pro fits,
  • re turns,
  • out-come,
  • Re-turn,
  • out-comes.
  •responsibility (noun)
  • boundnesses,
  • obligatorinesses,
  • answerabilities,
  • holding bag.
  •responsibility, assignment (noun)
  • contract,
  • role,
  • hook,
  • trouble,
  • taking care of business,
  • undertaking,
  • string,
  • minding the store,
  • occupation,
  • calling,
  • pains.
  •service (noun)
  • over hauls,
  • over-hauls,
  • serviceabilities,
  • over-haul,
  • over haul.
  •servility (noun)
  • vassalage,
  • serfdom,
  • complaisance,
  • subordination,
  • acquiescence,
  • humbleness,
  • subservience,
  • inferiority,
  • yieldingness,
  • docility,
  • genuflection,
  • Lowliness,
  • servitude,
  • submissiveness,
  • devotion,
  • slavishness,
  • deference,
  • humility,
  • willingness,
  • servility.
  •target (noun)
  • bull-eye,
  • bullseye,
  • bull'seye,
  • bulleye.
  •task (noun)
  • fun games,
  • long row hoe,
  • fun and gameses,
  • fun gameses.
  •tax (noun)
  • capitations.
  •taxation (noun)
  • tax collection,
  • laying taxes.
  •tax on foreign goods (noun)
  • customs,
  • due.
  •tie (noun)
  • tie,
  • tie in.
  •trust (noun)
  • trusteeships.
  •vigil (noun)
  • monitorings,
  • stake-out,
  • stake out,
  • nightwatch,
  • stakeout,
  • stakeouts.
  •vocation (noun)
  • line business.
  •watch (noun)
  • super-visions,
  • super visions,
  • super-vision.
  •weight (noun)
  • cumbrances.
  •work (noun)
  • specialization,
  • specializations.
  •worship (noun)
  • deification,
  • idolization,
  • Ardency,
  • respect,
  • adoration,
  • worship,
  • prayer,
  • admiration,
  • cultism,
  • exaltation,
  • awe,
  • veneration,
  • devoutness,
  • reverence,
  • religion.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • engagement,
  • purview,
  • trusteeship,
  • blame,
  • ownership,
  • sphere,
  • remit,
  • hat,
  • guardianship.
  •
  • bond,
  • church,
  • utilization,
  • call,
  • baton,
  • fault,
  • concern.
  •
  • imperative,
  • soul,
  • commission,
  • portfolio.
  •
  • thing.
  •scrupulousness
  • conscientiousness.

Paraphrases for Duty:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    responsibilities, responsibility.
  • Noun, plural
    obligations, responsibilities.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    responsibility.
  • Verb, past tense
    responsibility.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    responsibility.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    required.
  • Proper noun, singular
    commitments, privileges, components, servants, features, tolls, mosques, ESS, drawings, Persons, HAPS, dive, NTS, liability.
  • Noun, plural
    Deficiencies, taxpayers, commitments.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    data, dictates, Institutes, Watchmen, taxa, commitment, onus, destination, antidumping, necessity, liability.
  • Verb, past tense
    Upheld, Served, intended, qualified, supposed, used, requested, permitted, lay, received, granted, Had, Got, required.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Needing, obliging, Forcing, Requiring, owing, qualifying, imposing, Involving, Granting, looking, Having.
  • Verb, past participle
    warranted, expected, owed, stuck, bound, compelled, faced, required.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    undertakes, stipulates, commits, needs, deserves, obliges, demands, requires, OWES, qualifies, binds, Rests, says, lies, Grants, applies, takes, calls, means, Does, responsibilities, requirements.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    incumbent, duty-bound.
  • Proper noun, singular
    obligations, FARES, requirements, customs.
  • Noun, plural
    requirements.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    homework, consumption, duty-bound, burden, chore, customs.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    mandating.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    obligates, Duties, obligations.

Antonyms for Duty:

• n.

  • moral obligation
    disobedience, disrespect, dishonor, disloyalty, disdain, dishonesty.
  • responsibility, assignment
    blessing, benefit, advantage, surrender, fun, hobby, pastime, disregard, entertainment, irresponsibility, help, faithlessness, inconstancy, aid, unemployment, treachery.
  • Other antonyms:
    ease, exemption, waiver, stay, option, relief, release, postponement, choice, discharge, grace, loophole.

Duty Sentence Examples:

• And is it my duty to pay you your wages?

• I was bound by my duty to tell you everything that had occurred.

Homophones for Duty:

• deadhead, deadeye, dawah, dewy-eyed, dewy, dated, day, due date, DEA, dd, due, 3-D, doha, ditto, dy, do away with, dhawa, daddy, diode, dah, DoI, doodad, da, dhoti, dod, due to, dotted, dita, dido, die, diet, 3D, data, duad, death, dhow, doe, dyewood, D, dit, doodia, dude, da'wah, dewey, dead heat, duo, d-day, dyad, de, d.o.a., duette, die away, ddt, deed, dyed, 2d, dad, dada, ded, doh, Deadwood, duet, dud, dye, dot, dew, dado, ditty, dia, deity, dat, die out, dodo, dead, date, death duty, dyeweed, DO, dowdy, dote, d.a., daw, dethaw, do it, dotty, day-to-day, DOEI.

Hypernym for Duty:

• n.

  • act
    burden of proof, chore, part, legal duty, incumbency, requirement, keeping, role, civic duty, duty assignment, imperative, filial duty, prerequisite, job, assignment, demand, noblesse oblige, safekeeping, white man's burden, guardianship, line of duty, civic responsibility, function, task, moral obligation, office.

Hyponym for Duty:

• n.

  • act
    social control, work.