ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsOoblige
ISEE/SSATeasy
oblige
Meaning: to do a favor for or accommodate someone; also, to compel or bind by duty
oblige in a sentence
How oblige is used in real sentences:
She obliged the request and signed the autograph.
The rules obliged every camper to wear a helmet on the trail.
“Because the cause continued to baffle inspectors, the city was obliged by safety rules to investigate.”
— from the passage The Singing Span
Synonyms for oblige
Other words for oblige — accommodate, comply, gratify and indulge — carry the same meaning.
- accommodate
- comply
- gratify
- indulge
Antonyms of oblige
Words that mean the opposite of oblige:
- refuse
- disoblige
Where it comes from
From Latin obligare 'to bind, tie up'
Word parts
- ob — against, facing
oblige: ob- (toward) + lig (bind)
Memory hook
OBLIGE — feel a BIG (obli-BIG) duty.