obliging

ob·lig·ing
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/əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ/

adjective

Happy and ready to do favours for others.

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accommodatingwillingcomplaisantaccommodative
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Meanings

adjectiveobliging (comparative more obliging, superlative most obliging)

comparative more obliging · superlative most obliging

  1. Happy and ready to do favours for others.

    Synonyms: accommodating, willing

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of oblige
nounobliging (plural obligings)

plural obligings

  1. The imposition of an obligation.

    Many were the finings, and excommunications, and the obligings to do penances, that took place at this time.

    1840, Alexander MacDonald, Summary of the Catholic Religion

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHappy and ready to do favours for others.

Similar
accommodatingwilling

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveshowing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

Similar
complaisantaccommodatingaccommodative
Also see
accommodatingaccommodativeacquiescentcomplaisanthelpfulwilling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Bulgarian услужлив, любезен
  • услужлив (uslužliv)Happy and ready to do favours for others
  • любезен (ljubezen)Happy and ready to do favours for others
Esperanto komplezema
  • komplezemaHappy and ready to do favours for others
Estonian vastutulelik, abivalmis
  • vastutulelikHappy and ready to do favours for others
  • abivalmisHappy and ready to do favours for others
French serviable
  • serviableHappy and ready to do favours for others
German verbindlich
  • verbindlichHappy and ready to do favours for others
Hungarian segítőkész
  • segítőkészHappy and ready to do favours for others
Latin mūnis
  • mūnisHappy and ready to do favours for others
Polish uprzejmy, usłużny
  • uprzejmyHappy and ready to do favours for others
  • usłużnyHappy and ready to do favours for others
Portuguese prestativo, solícito
  • prestativoHappy and ready to do favours for others
  • solícitoHappy and ready to do favours for others
Russian любе́зный, услужливый
  • любе́зный (ljubéznyj)Happy and ready to do favours for others
  • услужливый (uslužlivyj)Happy and ready to do favours for others
  • предупредительный (predupreditelʹnyj)Happy and ready to do favours for others
Scottish Gaelic èasgaidh
  • èasgaidhHappy and ready to do favours for others
Spanish acomedido, servicial
  • acomedidoHappy and ready to do favours for others
  • servicialHappy and ready to do favours for others
Cite this entry
APA

obliging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obliging

MLA

“obliging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obliging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obliging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obliging.

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