The meaning of OBLIGING is willing to do favors : helpful. How to use obliging in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Obliging.

(Definition of obliging from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

The adjective obliging is perfect for describing someone who is especially considerate and helpful. An obliging co-worker will always come to your aid or chip in for donuts, and an obliging roommate will turn off her light when you're ready to go to sleep.

If you describe someone as obliging, you think that they are willing and eager to be helpful. He is an extremely pleasant and obliging man.

obliging - showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave"

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective obliging, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

very willing to help synonym accommodating, helpful. They were very obliging and offered to wait for us. Want to learn more? Definition of obliging adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.