Synonyms of pledging

pledging

verb

present participle of pledge

1

as in committing

to obligate by prior agreement

I would love to go to dinner with you, but I've pledged myself to a play with my parents that night

Synonyms & Similar Words

• committing
• vowing
• mortgaging
• promising
• engaging
• trothing
• swearing
• enlisting
• betrothing
• plighting
• enrolling
• signing on
• affiancing
• contracting
• signing up
• overcommitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reneging

2

as in pawning

to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan

pledged their house against the loan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pawning
• depositing
• mortgaging
• hocking
• bonding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• buying (back)
• winning (back)
• redeeming

3

as in vowing

to make a solemn declaration of intent

I pledge that I will abide by all of the rules of this organization

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vowing
• promising
• swearing
• agreeing
• covenanting
• insisting
• ensuring
• guaranteeing
• giving one's word
• declaring
• undertaking
• acceding
• consenting
• assenting
• plighting
• affirming
• asserting
• betrothing
• affiancing
• trothing
• avowing
• contracting
• averring
• engaging
• warranting
• avouching