Synonyms of obligating

obligating

verb

present participle of obligate

as in forcing

to cause (a person) to give in to pressure

the problem is of your own making, so don't think that you can obligate me to help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forcing
• coercing
• compelling
• obliging
• pressuring
• constraining
• driving
• impelling
• impressing
• blackmailing
• making
• pressing
• dragooning
• muscling
• intimidating
• sandbagging
• bullying
• threatening
• blackjacking
• browbeating
• twisting one's arm
• shaming
• terrorizing
• dragging
• bulldozing
• cowing
• hectoring
• badgering
• harassing
• menacing
• hounding
• high-pressuring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• permitting
• allowing
• letting
• moving
• talking (into)
• inducing
• arguing
• satisfying
• winning (over)
• prevailing (on or upon)
• convincing
• persuading

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of obligating

Your 11th House of Friends lights up as the life-giving Sun energizes that area, squaring obligating Saturn in your 8th House of Intimacy and Shared Resources. — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 6 July 2026

The unions argue that carrying out permanent layoffs during a funding lapse violates the Antideficiency Act, which bars agencies from obligating funds without congressional authorization, and exceeds executive authority under the Administrative Procedure Act. — Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

This document, signed by a sponsor, is a legally enforceable contract obligating the sponsor to support the immigrant and prevent them from relying on public aid. — Daniel Shoer Roth, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025

The following year, legislation was passed formally designating these problems as matters of national concern and obligating local governments to implement countermeasures. — Gil Press, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Killborn said he was told by CBS’ legal team that the segment would implicate an FCC rule obligating stations to offer comparable time to political candidates. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019