Obligate Synonyms and Antonyms

ŏblĭ-gāt
To be morally bound to do
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bind
  2. commit
  3. oblige
  4. charge
  5. restrict
  6. compel
  7. pledge
  8. hold
Antonyms:
  1. let off
To cause (a person or thing) to act or move in spite of resistance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. coerce
  2. compel
  3. constrain
  4. force
  5. make
  6. oblige
  7. pressure
To compel or constrain by a social, legal, or moral requirement.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. force
Limited to a certain type of behavior, environment, etc.
(Adjective)
Antonyms:
  1. facultative

Words Related to Obligate

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. obligation
  2. attack
  3. restrain
  4. at liberty
  5. under obligation
  6. duty-bound

Obligate Sentence Examples

  • Cats are obligate carnivores, meaning that they must eat meat in order to survive.

  • Most of these contracts obligate you to pay a large balloon payment if you return a vehicle in early.

  • Their replication strategy like that of viruses - they are obligate intracellular parasites.

  • All species in this genus are Gram-positive, obligate aerobes.

  • The remaining colonies on the anaerobic plate should be obligate anaerobes.

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