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Synonyms for pledge
plɛdʒpledge
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Wiktionary
pledgenoun
Synonyms:
commitment, promisepledgenoun
To make a solemn promise (to do something).
Synonyms:
commitment, promisepledgenoun
A person who has taken a pledge of allegiance to a college fraternity, but not yet formally approved.
Synonyms:
commitment, promisepledgenoun
A security to guarantee payment of a debt.
Synonyms:
promise, commitmentpledgenoun
A drinking toast.
Synonyms:
commitment, promisepledgenoun
(the pledge): A promise to abstain from drinking alcohol.
Synonyms:
commitment, promise
English Synonyms and Antonyms
pledge
All these words involve at least two parties, tho an engagement or promise may be the act of but one. A contract is a formal agreement between two or more parties for the doing or leaving undone some specified act or acts, and is ordinarily in writing. Mutual promises may have the force of a contract. A consideration, or compensation, is essential to convert an agreement into a contract. A contract may be oral or written. A covenant in law is a written contract under seal. Covenant is frequent in religious usage, as contract is in law and business. Compact is essentially the same as contract, but is applied to international agreements, treaties, etc. A bargain is a mutual agreement for an exchange of values, without the formality of a contract. A stipulation is a single item in an agreement or contract. A cartel is a military agreement for the exchange of prisoners or the like.
Synonyms:
agreement, arrangement, bargain, cartel, compact, contract, covenant, engagement, obligation, pact, promise, stipulation
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
pledgenoun
a deposit of personal property as security for a debt
"his saxophone was in pledge"
pledgenoun
someone accepted for membership but not yet fully admitted to the group
pledge, toastnoun
a drink in honor of or to the health of a person or event
assurance, pledgeverb
a binding commitment to do or give or refrain from something
"an assurance of help when needed"; "signed a pledge never to reveal the secret"
Synonyms:
confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, assurance, sureness, toastpledge, plightverb
promise solemnly and formally
"I pledge that I will honor my wife"
Synonyms:
plight, betroth, engage, wassail, drink, salute, affiance, subscribe, toastpledge, subscribeverb
pay (an amount of money) as a contribution to a charity or service, especially at regular intervals
"I pledged $10 a month to my favorite radio station"
Synonyms:
plight, sign, wassail, drink, salute, support, subscribe, take, subscribe to, toasttoast, drink, pledge, salute, wassailverb
propose a toast to
"Let us toast the birthday girl!"; "Let's drink to the New Year"
Synonyms:
toast, fuddle, jollify, salute, booze, whoop it up, crisp, wassail, present, tope, subscribe, make merry, crispen, drink, drink in, make whoopie, imbibe, make happy, racket, plight, revelpledgeverb
give as a guarantee
"I pledge my honor"
pledgeverb
bind or secure by a pledge
"I was pledged to silence"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
pledgenoun
pledgenoun
pledgenoun
Synonyms:
health (in drinking)pledgeverb
Synonyms:
pawn, impawn, plight, hypothecate, put in pledge, deposit as securitypledgeverb
pledgeverb
Synonyms:
toast, drink to, drink the health of, drink in honor of
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "pledge":
promise, commitment, probie, gage, newbie, undertaking, vow, pledging, vowed, oath, pledged, pledges, promises, commitments, collateral, engagement
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#148 | support | |
#246 | take | |
#280 | sign | |
#299 | security | |
#708 | agreement | |
#805 | present | |
#867 | subscribe | |
#1204 | contract | |
#1431 | authority | |
#2046 | guarantee | |
#2724 | drink | |
#3048 | compact | |
#3318 | commitment | |
#3355 | confidence | |
#3697 | bargain | |
#4348 | promise | |
#4772 | obligation | |
#5434 | assurance | |
#5546 | engagement | |
#5566 | arrangement | |
#6220 | engage | |
#6601 | warrant | |
#7842 | newbie | |
#8324 | promises | |
#8886 | pledge | |
#9168 | commitments | |
#9799 | gage | |
#10372 | covenant | |
#11236 | undertaking | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#11878 | collateral | |
#13157 | toast | |
#14725 | oath | |
#16757 | pact | |
#17017 | hostage | |
#17693 | earnest | |
#18518 | salute | |
#18569 | pledged | |
#20269 | pledges | |
#22266 | plight | |
#23287 | surety | |
#23745 | pawn | |
#23906 | booze | |
#24560 | vow | |
#26322 | racket | |
#27719 | cartel | |
#28629 | vowed | |
#30340 | stipulation | |
#37565 | revel | |
#47925 | pledging | |
#87285 | tope | |
#112358 | goner | |
#127434 | imbibe | |
#133273 | wassail | |
#227984 | crispen | |
#234524 | sureness | |
#270504 | fuddle | |
#319633 | betroth | |
#322678 | hypothecate |
How to use pledge in a sentence?
I signed a pledge, but the pledge was a double deal -- they were supposed to be honorable, so we're going to find out if it's that way. They're going to have problems, but I hope it's not going to be that way. I hope it's not going to be that way.
The Pledge-in the tradition of Washington's Farewell Address or Lincoln's Gettysburg Address-is not a prayer to God, but a statement about who we are as a nation. Dissenters have every right to sit out the Pledge, but they can't silence everyone else.
To those people in the huts and villages of half the globe struggling to break the bonds of mass misery, we pledge our best efforts to help them help themselves, for whatever period is required, not because the Communists may be doing it, not because we seek their votes, but because it is right. If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
We made a pledge to our employees to provide a safe place to work and benefits that would extend beyond their years of employment. It's imperative for the company to honor that pledge.
Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.
Translations for pledge
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ضمان, تَعَهدَArabic
- garantia, promesa, prometre, penyorar, penyora, empenyorar, juramentCatalan, Valencian
- zastavitCzech
- verpfänden, Pfand, zusichern, versprechenGerman
- juramento, garantía, manda, prometer, jurar, hipotecar, brindis, empeñar, iniciado, iniciadaSpanish
- pantata, maljapuhe, pantti, kokelas, raittiuslupaus, lupaus, luvata, sitoutuaFinnish
- promettre, mettre en gage, gageFrench
- gealltanasScottish Gaelic
- zálog, fogadalomHungarian
- ուխտ, գրավArmenian
- sumpahIndonesian
- promessa solenne, avallo, impegnarsi, garanzia, giuramento, promettere, pegnoItalian
- 抵当, 公約, 保証Japanese
- 서약Korean
- پهیمانKurdish
- spondere, vovereLatin
- ikrarMalay
- schacht, plechtig belovenDutch
- obiecać, zastaw, kaucja, depozyt, złożyć zastaw, obietnicaPolish
- promessa, prometer, penhor, garantiaPortuguese
- garanta, legământ, promisiune, promiteRomanian
- заверять, [[отдать]] в [[залог]], обет, обещание, пообещать, [[отдавать]] в [[залог]], залог, заверить, закладывать, клясться, заложить, обещать, поклясться, зарокRussian
- závet, завет, завјет, zavjet, обећање, obećanje, залога, zaloga, за́вет, prisega, присегаSerbo-Croatian
- zavezati se, zapriseči, zaprisega, zaobljubiti se, zastaviti, zaobljubaSlovene
- underpantSwedish
- తనఖా, ప్రతిజ్ఞ, ప్రతినTelugu
- cam kết, thềVietnamese
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