Verb

• S: (v) compel, oblige, obligate (force somebody to do something) "We compel all students to fill out this form"
• S: (v) oblige, bind, hold, obligate (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted) "He's held by a contract"; "I'll hold you by your promise"
• direct troponym / full troponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s somebody
• Something ----s somebody
• Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
• S: (v) oblige, accommodate (provide a service or favor for someone) "We had to oblige him"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• antonym
• W: (v) disoblige [Opposed to: oblige] (ignore someone's wishes)
• derivationally related form
• W: (n) obligation [Related to: oblige] (a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor)
• W: (n) obliger [Related to: oblige] (someone who performs a service or does a favor)
• W: (adj) accommodative [Related to: accommodate] (helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation) "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"
• W: (n) accommodation [Related to: accommodate] (the act of providing something (lodging or seat or food) to meet a need)
• W: (n) accommodator [Related to: accommodate] (someone who performs a service or does a favor)
• sentence frame
• Somebody ----s somebody