What is another word for obligation?
518 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˌɒblɪɡˈe͡ɪʃən], [ ˌɒblɪɡˈeɪʃən], [ ˌɒ_b_l_ɪ_ɡ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for obligation:- affair (noun)
- allegiance (noun)
- appreciation (noun)
- arrears (noun)
- bond (noun)
- call (noun)
- charge (noun)
- command (noun)
- commission (noun)
- compulsion (noun)
- contract (noun)
- debit (noun)
- debt (noun)
- duty (noun)
- enforcement (noun)
- engagement (noun)
- expense (noun)
- fealty (noun)
- force (noun)
- gratitude (noun)
- job (noun)
- liability (noun)
- load (noun)
- must (noun)
- need (noun)
- obligation (noun)
- occasion (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- pressure (noun)
- promise (noun)
- requirement (noun)
- requirement/requisite (noun)
- solemn word (noun)
- stipulation (noun)
- tax (noun)
- trust (noun)
- work (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Obligation:
n.
•affair (noun)- episode,
- transaction,
- assignment,
- pursuit,
- realm,
- incident,
- interest,
- project,
- case,
- employment,
- proceeding,
- province,
- question,
- calling,
- happening,
- undertaking,
- subject,
- avocation,
- topic,
- occupation,
- hap,
- profession,
- task,
- circumstance,
- occurrence,
- event.
- certificate,
- attachment,
- friendship,
- tie-in,
- collateral,
- tie,
- covenant,
- hookup,
- pledge,
- affiliation,
- pact,
- network,
- marriage,
- bargain,
- connection,
- debenture,
- link,
- relationship,
- convention,
- security,
- liaison,
- affinity,
- compact,
- connective,
- union.
- justification,
- reason,
- urge,
- grounds,
- excuse.
- safekeeping,
- ward,
- weight,
- custody,
- care.
- dictate,
- law,
- canon,
- will,
- prohibitions,
- citation,
- decree,
- order,
- enactment,
- adjuration,
- subpoena,
- proscription,
- devoirs,
- edict,
- ban,
- request,
- injunction,
- writ,
- act,
- exaction,
- devoir,
- summons,
- adjurations,
- proclamation,
- behest,
- notification,
- caveat,
- ordinance,
- precept,
- regulation,
- imperative,
- rule,
- requisition,
- mandate,
- ultimatum,
- demand,
- bidding,
- fiat,
- imperatives,
- dictum,
- prohibition,
- direction,
- dictation,
- imposition,
- prescript,
- interdiction,
- commandment.
- out-put,
- in vestment,
- up-keep,
- out-lay,
- sur-charge,
- in-vestment,
- de privation,
- up keep,
- outdi,
- sur charges,
- de privations,
- over-heads,
- out puts,
- over heads,
- out-puts,
- up-keeps,
- sur-charges,
- out put,
- up keeps,
- de-privation,
- sur charge,
- in-vestments,
- out-lays,
- in vestments,
- de-privations,
- out pocket,
- out lays.
- de-terminations,
- validnesses,
- de termination,
- impressivenesses,
- in tensity,
- de-termination,
- de terminations,
- in-tensity.
- dis-advantage,
- in conveniences,
- accountablenesses,
- subjections,
- in-conveniences,
- dis-advantages,
- dis advantages,
- mis-fortunes,
- mis fortunes,
- in-convenience,
- mis fortune,
- dis advantage,
- indebtments.
- in-adequacies,
- in adequacies,
- in-sufficiencies,
- in adequacy,
- in sufficiencies,
- in sufficiency,
- in-adequacy,
- the urges,
- in-sufficiency.
- conscience,
- due bill,
- agreement,
- requirement,
- place,
- inexorability,
- part,
- cause,
- right,
- chit,
- understanding,
- constraint.
- pressure,
- work,
- restraint,
- pursuits,
- no choice,
- liability,
- validness,
- pre-requisite,
- charge,
- needs,
- tithe,
- determinant,
- lease,
- duty,
- engagement,
- tax,
- jobs,
- protocol,
- necessitation,
- spendings,
- susceptibleness,
- oughts,
- life or death,
- stipulation,
- unpaid bill,
- command,
- forcefulness,
- occasion,
- liabilities,
- Necessaries,
- minuses,
- vulnerability,
- connectives,
- brokerage,
- gratitude,
- Taskwork,
- pre-requisites,
- string attached,
- outstanding debts,
- promptings,
- Indebtment,
- Desiderata,
- tithes,
- Vulnerableness,
- prosecution,
- allegiance,
- debit,
- pork barrel,
- vital parts,
- necessity,
- openness,
- ought,
- job,
- indebtedness,
- appreciation,
- unpaid debts,
- no alternative,
- capitation,
- desideratum,
- force,
- contract,
- power of attorney,
- requirements,
- instruction,
- inter-relationships,
- questions,
- deadweights,
- office function,
- commission,
- testimonials,
- vital part,
- responsibility,
- millstone,
- fealty,
- inevitabilities,
- persistence,
- giveaways,
- impulsions,
- compulsory law,
- tie in,
- indispensability,
- office,
- legation,
- impulsion,
- out lay,
- payrolls,
- brevets,
- pre-conditions,
- impressiveness,
- undeniability,
- inevitability,
- full court press,
- answerability,
- unpaid bills,
- mission,
- embassy,
- occasions,
- onus,
- brokerages,
- unpaid debt,
- gratefulness,
- inter-relationship,
- debt,
- out of pocket,
- enforcement,
- Betrothment,
- committal,
- vitals,
- legations,
- realms,
- Accountableness,
- efficacy,
- needfulness,
- owings,
- need,
- Obligatoriness,
- promise,
- deadweight,
- must,
- outstanding debt,
- excess baggage,
- back payments,
- bond,
- determinants,
- efficacies,
- boundness,
- trust,
- back payment,
- payroll,
- committals,
- remainder,
- towages,
- surcharge,
- interrelationship,
- affair,
- subjection,
- obligation,
- load,
- prerequisites,
- balance due,
- brevet,
- towage,
- the urge,
- giveaway,
- holding the bag,
- expense,
- call,
- DUES.
- full court presses,
- dis tress,
- un naturalnesses,
- dis tresses,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tresses,
- un naturalness,
- un-naturalnesses,
- un-naturalness.
v.
•Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
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- blame,
- grateful,
- appreciative,
- thankful,
- bounden,
- purview,
- Arrearage,
- sphere,
- word of honor,
- ownership,
- solemn word,
- remit,
- steadfastness,
- obligated,
- hat,
- guardianship,
- trusteeship.
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- embarrassment,
- obliged,
- fault,
- baton,
- impose,
- obligate,
- indebted,
- loyalty,
- beholden,
- obligatory,
- mercifully,
- assess,
- warranty,
- levy,
- faithfulness,
- thankfully,
- mandatory,
- compulsory,
- constancy.
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- word.
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- thing.
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- touch.
Paraphrases for Obligation:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
commitment, commitments, responsibility, responsibilities.
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Noun, singular or mass
commitment, responsibility.
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Verb, past tense
obligations.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
obligations.
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Proper noun, singular
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
dictates, Obligating, compulsion, onus, imperative, pledge, oblige, stipulation, constraint, necessity, task, imposition, job, indebtedness, coercion.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
obliges, obligates, commits, stipulates, binds, needs, undertakes, demands, applies, calls, requires, takes, Does, means, requirements.
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Verb, base form
oblige.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
Duties, requirement, requirements, liability.
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Noun, singular or mass
requirement, liability.
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Verb, past tense
requirement.
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Verb, base form
requirement.
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Proper noun, singular
Antonyms for Obligation:
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n.
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responsibility
disbelief, unemployment, misunderstanding, irresponsibility, disagreement, freedom.
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responsibility
Hypernym for Obligation:
n.
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communication
debt.
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state
liability, financial obligation, indebtedness.
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communication
Hyponym for Obligation:
n.
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communication
written agreement.
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state
state.
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communication