Synonyms of the word

pledge

• v. To make a solemn promise (to do something).
• v. To deposit something as a security; to pawn.
• v. (transitive) To give assurance of friendship by the act of drinking; to drink to one's health.
• n. A solemn promise to do something.
• n. Something given by a person who is borrowing money etc to the person he has borrowed it from, to be kept…
• n. A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but is not yet formally approved.
• n. A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
• n. A drinking toast.
• n. (with the) A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.

assurance

• n. The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give…
• n. The state of being assured; firm persuasion; full confidence or trust; freedom from doubt; certainty.
• n. Firmness of mind; undoubting, steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
• n. Excess of boldness; impudence; audacity.
• n. (obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
• n. Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Recently,…
• n. (law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed. In England,…

assure

• v. (transitive) To make sure and secure.
• v. (transitive, followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something).
• v. (obsolete) To guarantee, promise (to do something).
• v. To reassure.

bind

• v. (intransitive) To tie; to confine by any ligature.
• v. (intransitive) To cohere or stick together in a mass.
• v. (intransitive) To be restrained from motion, or from customary or natural action, as by friction.
• v. (intransitive) To exert a binding or restraining influence.
• v. (transitive) To tie or fasten tightly together, with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.
• v. (transitive) To confine, restrain, or hold by physical force or influence of any kind.
• v. (transitive) To couple.
• v. (figuratively) To oblige, restrain, or hold, by authority, law, duty, promise, vow, affection, or other…
• v. (law) To put (a person) under definite legal obligations, especially, under the obligation of a bond or…
• v. (law) To place under legal obligation to serve.
• v. (transitive) To protect or strengthen by applying a band or binding, as the edge of a carpet or garment.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To make fast (a thing) about or upon something, as by tying; to encircle with something.
• v. (transitive) To cover, as with a bandage.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To prevent or restrain from customary or natural action.
• v. (transitive) To put together in a cover, as of books.
• v. (transitive, chemistry) To make two or more elements stick together.
• v. (transitive, computing) To associate an identifier with a value; to associate a variable name, method…
• n. That which binds or ties.
• n. A troublesome situation; a problem; a predicament or quandary.
• n. Any twining or climbing plant or stem, especially a hop vine; a bine.
• n. (music) A ligature or tie for grouping notes.
• n. (chess) A strong grip or stranglehold on a position that is difficult for the opponent to break.

charge

• n. The scope of someone's responsibility.
• n. Someone or something entrusted to one's care, such as a child to a babysitter or a student to a teacher.
• n. A load or burden; cargo.
• n. The amount of money levied for a service.
• n. An instruction.
• n. (military) A ground attack against a prepared enemy.
• n. An accusation.
• n. An electric charge.
• n. (basketball) An offensive foul in which the player with the ball moves into a stationary defender.
• n. A measured amount of powder and/or shot in a firearm cartridge.
• n. (heraldry) An image displayed on an escutcheon.
• n. A forceful forward movement.
• n. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack.
• n. (farriery) A sort of plaster or ointment.
• n. (obsolete) Weight; import; value.
• n. (historical or obsolete) A measure of thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds;…
• n. (ecclesiastical) An address given at a church service concluding a visitation.
• v. To assign a duty or responsibility to.
• v. (transitive) To assign (a debit) to an account.
• v. (transitive) To pay on account, as by using a credit card.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To require payment (of) (a price or fee, for goods, services, etc.).
• v. (possibly archaic) To sell at a given price.
• v. (law) To formally accuse (a person) of a crime.
• v. To impute or ascribe.
• v. To call to account; to challenge.
• v. (transitive) To place a burden or load on or in.
• v. (transitive) To load equipment with material required for its use, as a firearm with powder, a fire hose…
• v. (intransitive) To move forward quickly and forcefully, particularly in combat and/or on horseback.
• v. (transitive, of a hunting dog) To lie on the belly and be still. (A command given by a hunter to a dog…

commitment

• n. The act or an instance of committing, putting in charge, keeping, or trust, especially.
• n. Promise or agreement to do something in the future, especially.
• n. Being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons.
• n. The trait of sincerity and focused purpose.
• n. Perpetration, in a negative manner, as in a crime or mistake.
• n. State of being pledged or engaged.
• n. The act of being locked away, such as in an institution for the mentally ill or in jail.

consign

• v. (transitive, business) To transfer to the custody of, usually for sale, transport, or safekeeping.
• v. (transitive) To entrust to the care of another.
• v. (transitive) To send to a final destination.
• v. To assign; to devote; to set apart.
• v. To stamp or impress; to affect.

dedication

• n. (uncountable) The act of dedicating or the state of being dedicated.
• n. (countable) A note addressed to a patron or friend, prefixed to a work of art as a token of respect, esteem,…
• n. (countable) A ceremony marking an official completion or opening.
• n. (law) The deliberate or negligent surrender of all rights to property.

donate

• v. To make a donation; to give away something of value to support or contribute towards a cause or for the…

drink

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To consume (a liquid) through the mouth.
• v. (intransitive) To consume alcoholic beverages.
• v. (transitive) To take in (a liquid), in any manner; to suck up; to absorb; to imbibe.
• v. (transitive) To take in; to receive within one, through the senses; to inhale; to hear; to see.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To smoke, as tobacco.
• n. A beverage.
• n. A (served) alcoholic beverage.
• n. The action of drinking, especially with the verbs take or have.
• n. A type of beverage (usually mixed).
• n. Alcoholic beverages in general.
• n. (colloquial, with the) Any body of water.
• n. (uncountable, archaic) Drinks in general; something to drink.

hold

• adj. (obsolete) Gracious; friendly; faithful; true.
• v. (transitive) To grasp or grip.
• v. (transitive) To contain or store.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to a position or state.
• v. (heading) To maintain or keep to particular opinions, promises, actions.
• v. (tennis, transitive, intransitive) To win one's own service game.
• v. To take place, to occur.
• v. To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
• v. (archaic) To derive right or title.
• n. A grasp or grip.
• n. A place where animals are held for safety.
• n. An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
• n. Something reserved or kept.
• n. Power over someone or something.
• n. The ability to persist.
• n. The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
• n. (wrestling) A position or grip used to control the opponent.
• n. (exercise (sport)) An exercise involving holding a position for a set time.
• n. (gambling) The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
• n. (gambling) The wager amount, the total hold.
• n. (tennis) An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
• n. The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
• n. A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
• n. (video games, dated) A pause facility.
• n. The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when…
• n. (nautical, aviation) The cargo area of a ship or aircraft, (often cargo hold).

honor

• n. (uncountable) Recognition of importance or value; respect; veneration (of someone, usually for being morally…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being morally upright, honest, noble, virtuous, and magnanimous; excellence…
• n. (countable) A token of praise or respect; something that represents praiseworthiness or respect, such…
• n. A privilege.
• n. (in the plural) The privilege of going first.
• n. A cause of respect and fame; a glory; an excellency; an ornament.
• n. (feudal law) A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended.
• n. (heraldry, countable) The center point of the upper half of an armorial escutcheon. (Compare honour point…
• n. (countable, card games) In bridge, an ace, king, queen, jack, or ten especially of the trump suit. In…
• n. (in the plural) (Courses for) an honours degree: a university qualification of the highest rank.
• v. (transitive) To think of highly, to respect highly; to show respect for; to recognise the importance or…
• v. (transitive) To conform to, abide by, act in accordance with (an agreement, treaty, promise, request,…
• v. (transitive) To confer (bestow) an honour or privilege upon (someone).
• v. (transitive) To make payment in respect of (a cheque, banker's draft etc).

honour

• n. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.
• v. British spelling, Canadian, and Irish, Australian, NZ, and South African standard spelling of honor.

member

• n. One who officially belongs to a group.
• n. A part of a whole.
• n. Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
• n. The penis.
• n. (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
• n. (set theory) An element of a set.
• n. (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a…
• n. (Australia, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
• n. A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
• n. (mathematics) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
• n. (computing) A file stored within an archive file.
• v. (obsolete outside dialects) To remember.
• v. (obsolete) To cause to remember; to mention.

obligate

• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To bind, compel, constrain, or oblige by a social, legal, or moral…
• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To cause to be grateful or indebted; to oblige.
• v. (transitive, Canada, US, Scotland) To commit (money, for example) in order to fulfill an obligation.
• adj. (biology) Able to exist or survive only in a particular environment or by assuming a particular role.
• adj. Absolutely indispensable; essential.

oblige

• v. (transitive) To constrain someone by force or by social, moral or legal means.
• v. (transitive) To do someone a service or favour (hence, originally, creating an obligation).
• v. (intransitive) To be indebted to someone.
• v. (intransitive) To do a service or favour.

plight

• n. A dire or unfortunate situation.
• n. (now rare) A (neutral) condition or state.
• n. (obsolete) Good health.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) Responsibility for ensuing consequences; risk; danger; peril.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) An instance of danger or peril; a dangerous moment or situation.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) Blame; culpability; fault; wrong-doing; sin; crime.
• n. (now chiefly dialectal) One's office; duty; charge.
• n. (archaic) That which is exposed to risk; that which is plighted or pledged; security; a gage; a pledge.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To expose to risk; to pledge.
• v. (transitive) Specifically, to pledge (one's troth etc.) as part of a marriage ceremony.
• v. (reflexive) To promise (oneself) to someone, or to do something.
• v. (obsolete) To weave; to braid; to fold; to plait.
• n. (obsolete) A network; a plait; a fold; rarely a garment.

promise

• n. (countable) An oath or affirmation; a vow.
• n. (countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render…
• n. (uncountable) Reason to expect improvement or success; potential.
• n. (countable, computing, programming) A placeholder object that can be manipulated in code before it has…
• n. (countable, obsolete) Bestowal or fulfillment of what is promised.
• v. (transitive) To commit to something or action; to make an oath; make a vow.
• v. (intransitive) To give grounds for expectation, especially of something good.

reward

• n. Something of value given in return for an act.
• n. A prize promised for a certain deed or catch.
• n. The result of an action, whether good or bad.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To give (something) as a reward.
• v. (transitive) To give a reward to or for.
• v. (transitive) To recompense.

salute

• n. A formal gesture made in honor of someone or something, usually with the hand or hands in one of various…
• n. Any action performed for the purpose of honor or tribute.
• v. To make a gesture in honor of someone or something.
• v. To act in thanks, honor, or tribute; to thank or extend gratitude; to praise.
• v. (Ireland, informal) to wave, to acknowledge an acquaintance.
• v. To address, as with expressions of kind wishes and courtesy; to greet; to hail.
• v. To promote the welfare and safety of; to benefit; to gratify.

subscribe

• v. (ergative) To sign up to have copies of a publication, such as a newspaper or a magazine, delivered for…
• v. To pay for the provision of a service, such as Internet access or a cell phone plan.
• v. To believe or agree with a theory or an idea.
• v. To pay money to be a member of an organization.
• v. (intransitive) To contribute or promise to contribute money to a common fund.
• v. (transitive) To promise to give, by writing one's name with the amount.
• v. (business and finance) To agree to buy shares in a company.
• v. (transitive) To sign; to mark with one's signature as a token of consent or attestation.
• v. (archaic) To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
• v. (obsolete) To sign away; to yield; to surrender.
• v. (obsolete) To yield; to admit to being inferior or in the wrong.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To declare over one's signature; to publish.

toast

• n. (uncountable) Toasted bread.
• n. (countable) A proposed salutation (e.g. to say "cheers") while drinking alcohol.
• n. (countable) A person, group, or notable object to which a salutation with alcohol is made; a person or…
• n. (slang, chiefly US, uncountable) Something that will be no more; something subject to impending destruction,…
• n. (slang, Jamaica) Extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.
• n. (computing, graphical user interface) A transient, pop-up informational window.
• v. To lightly cook by browning via direct exposure to a fire or other heat source.
• v. To grill, lightly cook by browning specifically under a grill or in a toaster.
• v. To engage in a salutation and/or accompanying raising of glasses while drinking alcohol in honor of someone…
• v. To warm thoroughly.
• v. (slang, Jamaica) To perform extemporaneous narrative poem or rap.

wassail

• n. A toast to health, usually at a festival.
• n. The beverage served during a wassail, especially one made of ale or wine flavoured with spices, sugar,…
• n. Revelry.
• n. A festive or drinking song or glee.
• v. (transitive) To toast, to drink to the health of another.
• v. (intransitive) To drink wassail.
• v. To go from house to house at Christmastime, singing carols.