Synonyms for beholden
bɪˈhoʊl dənbe·hold·en

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1. beholden

   Synonyms:
   bound, obliged, indebted, thankful, grateful

   Antonyms:
   unindebted, unobliged, unbound, unthankful, ungrateful

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1. beholden(p)adjective

   under a moral obligation to someone

   Antonyms:
   unobligated

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1. beholdenadjective

   Synonyms:
   obliged, indebted, grateful, thankful, under obligation

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1. beholdenadjective

   Synonyms:
   obliged, indebted, bound

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1. List of paraphrases for "beholden":

   indebted

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1. Simon Young:

   They would no longer be beholden by Article 5 and the Joint Declaration.

2. Andrew McCarthy:

   I think by taking the meeting, and I don't think you need a lot of training for this, by taking the meeting, you've made yourself beholden to Putin in terms of however Donald Trump wants to characterize it down the road, so that even if nothing inappropriate happens at the meeting, you have that vulnerability as well.

3. Reinhold Schmidt:

   That is why Yanzhou sees this as a strategic long term investment, because it is not beholden to what happens in China.

4. Julie Murray:

   Today's decision is a huge win for defrauded borrowers around the country, industry will continue to challenge the rule in court, but we will work as long as it takes to defeat those corporate interests and an administration beholden to them.

5. Kate Gilmore:

   It is beholden on the international community, that rightly focuses on the military action, to have ... comparable investment in non-military relief, the international community must not allow itself to be made complicit with the failed leadership of Iraq.