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. Partha Porika:

   What they say about Donald Trump is he's not afraid to say what needs to be said, which, I'm not too sure what that really means, they say he's not beholden to any company, he's his own person, and a lot of that applies to Sen. Sanders as well.

2. John Cox:

   Candidates on both sides raise enormous amounts of money, then become beholden to those who give it to them.

3. Adam Green:

   It's fair for voters to be skeptical of Hillary Clinton's speeches about holding Wall Street accountable when Wall Street institutions fund her foundation at the same time she gives those speeches, that's a burden that Clinton will have to address by backing up her words with bold action -- like appointing an economic team not beholden to Wall Street and showing a willingness to break up too-big-to-fail banks and jail bankers who broke the law.

4. Cory Bliss:

   The simple truth is that a Democrat is someone who is beholden to Nancy Pelosi, wants to raise your taxes, is blinded by their hatred of the president, and regularly loses elections.

5. Richard Whitmer:

   First of all, it's a phony attack, and secondly, it's extremely sexist to say that a woman is beholden to her father's former employer ... 84% of the record-breaking money that we raised in this campaign is from Michigan. Eighty-two percent of it is $100 or less.