Synonyms of commitments

commitments

noun

plural of commitment

as in obligations

something one must do because of prior agreement

they made a commitment to pay the bill upon receipt of their order

Synonyms & Similar Words

• obligations
• responsibilities
• duties
• needs
• promises
• vows
• requirements
• constraints
• burdens
• pledges
• imperatives
• offices
• pacts
• charges
• payments
• dos
• contracts
• devoirs
• incumbencies
• arrangements
• oaths
• words
• debts
• covenants
• restraints
• trusts
• compacts
• appointments
• compulsions
• forces
• tributes
• reservations
• setups
• engagements
• prearrangements
• musts
• troths
• coercions
• duresses
• onuses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exemptions
• graces
• waivers
• stays
• discharges
• releases
• options
• postponements
• alternatives
• choices
• reliefs
• preferences
• loopholes
• selections
• eases
• picks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of commitments

For companies with near-term climate commitments, that makes the timing of investment decisions consequential. — Bill Flederbach, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026

The physical presence of the core member leadership underscored the gravitas of these commitments. — Mayu Saini, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026

These parties’ platforms vary, but both point toward repatriating competences to national governments, weakening European Court of Justice jurisdiction, and loosening the common rules that make EU commitments credible to outside partners. — Jonas Nahm, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026

Across day-to-day commitments, financial and transfer debts, payments due to players and tax authorities and plenty more besides, the club’s liabilities due to be paid in 2026-27 total €905million, unmoved from a year ago. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Congressional leaders in both parties are pushing to lock in long-term, unconditional military commitments to Israel. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

And this convergence underscores how their varied yet deeply rooted commitments to values of equality and fairness helped shift and shape society for the better. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026

Even as a brutal heat wave threatened to smother the energy, the fest felt like a cheerful coming-out party—an announcement of the political commitments of a generation of mainstream artists more famous for singing about the self than about society. — Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Johnson later told House Republican leaders about the meeting but did not say whether Musk had made any commitments about midterm spending. — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026