What does obliging mean?

obliging means "showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others".

How many syllables are in obliging?

obliging has 3 syllables: o-bli-ging. The stress falls on "bli". In IPA it is /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ/.

What is another word for obliging?

Close synonyms include complaisant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is obliging a common word?

obliging is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

obliging — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
“to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover”
“the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave”
Synonymscomplaisant
Similaraccommodating

Questions about obliging

What does obliging mean?: obliging means "showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others".
How many syllables are in obliging?: obliging has 3 syllables: o-bli-ging. The stress falls on "bli". In IPA it is /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ/.
What is another word for obliging?: Close synonyms include complaisant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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