PLEDGED Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in promised

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pledged

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verb

past tense of pledge

as in committed

to obligate by prior agreement I would love to go to dinner with you, but I've pledged myself to a play with my parents that night

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reneged

as in pawned

to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan pledged their house against the loan

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as in vowed

to make a solemn declaration of intent I pledge that I will abide by all of the rules of this organization

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Recent Examples of pledged

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So far, however, Costco and FedEx are among the few big firms that have pledged to pass the government payments on to customers in the form of lower prices or refunds. —

John Cassidy, New Yorker, 18 May 2026 When the legislative session began earlier this year, Connecticut lawmakers pledged to focus on affordability and cost, seeking to keep the state on track as national economic uncertainty persists — and as a number of consumer costs, ranging from healthcare to energy, were on the rise. —

P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 17 May 2026 Buffett, 95, pledged to match the winning bid for both organizations, bringing the total amount raised to about $27 million, per CNBC. —

Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026 Raman has pledged her support for expanding the state’s $750-million tax incentive program, streamlining permitting and lowering fees and eliminating those for small productions. —

Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026 In an accord agreed with the main producer associations in March 2025, the group pledged to €480m ($558m) for cinema over three years, split between €150m (($174m) in 2025, €160m ($186m) in 2026 and €170m ($197m) in 2027. —

Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 May 2026 Hernández met with Mennonite leaders, who pledged their cooperation. —

Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 Trump said Xi had pledged not to provide weapons to Iran, as Chinese arms manufacturers had reportedly considered selling weapons to the Middle Eastern country. —

Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 15 May 2026 Last year, Unilever’s CEO, Fernando Fernandez, pledged that the company would increase its annual digital ad spend on social media, which includes influencers and content creators from 30% to 50% and work with 20 times as many influencers. —

Kian Bakhtiari, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for pledged

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With the first of Mamdani’s four promised rent freezes coming at us like a high-speed train, many of us won’t be around for the next three.

— Ann Korchak, New York Daily News, 23 Mar. 2026
That is twice the promised average increase in refunds.

— Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026