Synonyms of pledged

pledged 1 of 2

adjective

as in promised

Related Words

• promised
• committed
• engaged
• betrothed
• spousal
• affianced
• wifely
• bridal
• prenuptial
• matched
• married
• espoused
• marital
• mated
• conjugal
• nuptial
• matrimonial
• wedded
• connubial

pledged

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pledge

1

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• committed
• vowed
• mortgaged
• promised
• engaged
• trothed
• swore
• plighted
• betrothed
• enlisted
• enrolled
• signed on
• affianced
• signed up
• contracted
• overcommitted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reneged

2

as in pawned

to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan

pledged their house against the loan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pawned
• deposited
• mortgaged
• hocked
• bonded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• won (back)
• bought (back)
• redeemed

3

as in vowed

to make a solemn declaration of intent

I pledge that I will abide by all of the rules of this organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vowed
• promised
• swore
• agreed
• covenanted
• insisted
• ensured
• consented
• guaranteed
• plighted
• undertook
• gave one's word
• acceded
• assented
• declared
• betrothed
• affianced
• affirmed
• trothed
• asserted
• contracted
• engaged
• averred
• avowed
• warranted
• avouched

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pledged

Adjective

All the properties—the new initiates and those who re-pledged, so to speak—were honored at an event at the Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild in Paris on June 2. — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026

Verb

The city has pledged to use the new tax revenue first to add paramedics to its fire crews. — Steve Large, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty pledged to alert school districts when the city learns of nearby federal immigration enforcement activity, reversing his earlier position after mounting pressure from school officials. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Hendy Newbill, the board’s only Black member, pledged that the resolution would not be empty rhetoric. — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

The station pledged to take its original programming to its new spot on the radio dial. — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 10 Nov. 2026

Johnson, who gave the players the rest of the week off after Monday, has pledged to figure it out over the bye. — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 10 Nov. 2026

With their respective platforms, both politicians pledged to fight for Indigenous rights and give a long-overdue voice to their community. — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2026

Ford has pledged to bring back bills outgoing Lombardo killed in his record-breaking vetoes, including limiting the number of homes large corporations can buy and giving the state the power to adopt Medicaid negotiated prescription drug prices. — Lucia Starbuck, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

His sprawling business empire now faces a less friendly Democratic governor-elect, Gina Hinojosa, who has pledged to curb corporate subsidies and data center expansion. — Spencer Kimball,garrett Downs,dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,justin Papp, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026