obligor C2+ Topic:People & Society US /ˈɑblɪɡɔr/ UK /ˈɒblɪɡɔː/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another As the obligor on the loan, she was responsible for the monthly repayments. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who is legally... debtorpromisor ↔ Opposites obligee Word family Related forms obligeobligeeobligationobligate Etymology AI details From oblige (from Old French obligier, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the agentive suffix -or denoting the party bound by an obligation. obligare Latin ligare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics People & Society Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # obligor **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɑblɪɡɔr/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈɒblɪɡɔː/ ## Meanings 1. a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another ## Examples - As the obligor on the loan, she was responsible for the monthly repayments. ## Synonyms - debtor - promisor ## Antonyms - obligee ## Related Forms - oblige - obligee - obligation - obligate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: obligare - Root: ligare ## Etymology From oblige (from Old French obligier, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the agentive suffix -or denoting the party bound by an obligation. ## AI Etymology Obligor is from oblige (from Old French obligier, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the agentive suffix -or denoting the party bound by an obligation. Important recorded forms include obligare (Latin) and ligare (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers a person who is legally bound to fulfill an obligation to another. The wider family includes related words such as oblige, obligee, obligation, and obligate. ## Topics - People & Society - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown