Thesaurus results for BEHOLDEN

beholden

adjective

bi-ˈhōl-dən

Definition of beholden next

as in obligated

being under obligation for a favor or gift not wanting to be beholden to anyone, he insisted on paying his own way

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Recent Examples of beholden It’s been beholden to the performance of big tech stocks like SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. —

Stan Choe, Fortune, 9 June 2026 It’s been beholden to the performance of big tech stocks such as SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. —

Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 Hyperscalers — like the chip sector beholden to the big artificial intelligence trend — shrugged off the Broadcom situation. —

Tobias Burns, CNBC, 4 June 2026 The other contends that appointments leave judges beholden to politicians, and says voters should have a voice. —

Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for beholden

Recent Examples of Synonyms for beholden

Adjective

The spokesperson did not respond to specific questions including what the legal basis would be for rescinding obligated funding.

— Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025

Definition of obligated

Adjective

These dishes illustrate how key indigenous ingredients and knowledge systems were to early American cuisine, even as Simmons’s recipes remained deeply indebted to British forms.

— Ashley Rose Young, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
But because higher rates generally make borrowing more expensive, costs can add up for highly indebted households or those that carrying several different types of debt.

— Mike Winters, CNBC, 10 June 2026