Obligation : synonyms and lexical field

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Looking for words with meaning close to 'obligation': discover synonyms for the word obligation, such as duty or responsibility.

The lexical field offers related words, which refer to the same idea, the same concept as obligation. It is common for a word to have several meanings. In this case, the context of the word helps to determine its correct meaning.
Example of words in the same lexical field as "": duty and responsibility.


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Synonyms for obligation sorted by degree of synonymy

List of synonyms for obligation Degree of synonymy of obligation Frequency in the language
duty
   89 50.96  
responsibility
   89 35.41  
obligates
   68 0.02  
obliged
   67 5.78  
commitments
   66 1.14  
obligating
   65 0.02  
responsibilities
   65 6.63  
liability
   64 3.10  
pledge
   64 6.88  
burden
   64 9.82  
requirement
   64 1.43  
commitment
   64 10.78  
liabilities
   64 0.31  
compulsion
   64 1.24  
onus
   63 0.10  
imperative
   63 2.49  
undertaking
   62 0.78  
debt
   62 14.22  
obliges
   62 0.14  
mandate
   62 1.49  

Lexical field of "obligation"

duty
responsibility
obligates
obliged
commitments
obligating
responsibilities
liability
pledge
burden
requirement
commitment
liabilities
compulsion
onus
imperative
undertaking
debt
obliges
mandate
required
duties
requirements
must
need
provision
necessity
stipulation
receivable
bonds
accountability
binding
requires
oblige
bond
mandatory
voluntary
obligatory
coercion
task
constraint
waiver
require
compliance
abidance
commit
mind
beneficence
compulsory
observance