oblige

oblige is a 6-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To attach, as by a bond. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To attach, as by a bond.
2. transitive verb. To constrain by physical, moral, or legal force; to put under obligation to do or forbear something.
3. transitive verb. To bind by some favor rendered; to place under a debt; hence, to do a favor to; to please; to gratify; to accommodate.
4. verb. bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

   "He's held by a contract"

   "I'll hold you by your promise"

   Synonyms: bind, hold, obligate

5. verb. provide a service or favor for someone

   "We had to oblige him"

   Synonyms: accommodate

6. verb. force somebody to do something

   "We compel all students to fill out this form"

   Synonyms: compel, obligate

Synonyms

bind, hold, obligate, accommodate, compel

Common word forms

obliged, obliger, obliges, obligees, obliging, obligement

Words from these letters

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