What is another word for ought?
307 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ˈɔːt], [ ˈɔːt], [ ˈɔː_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for ought:- charge (noun)
- commitment (noun)
- duty (noun)
- had better (noun)
- must (noun)
- need (noun)
- obligation (noun)
- zero (noun)
- have (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Ought:
n.
•charge (noun)- obligation,
- responsibility,
- right,
- concern,
- task,
- tax,
- weight,
- care,
- trust,
- office,
- ward,
- custody,
- need,
- safekeeping,
- onus.
- guarantee,
- engagement,
- liability,
- pledge,
- vow,
- word,
- promise,
- undertaking.
- hook,
- work,
- job,
- string,
- occupation,
- contract,
- load,
- minding the store,
- commission,
- role,
- province,
- business,
- chore,
- mission,
- trouble,
- taking care of business,
- DUES,
- service,
- function,
- part,
- pains,
- station,
- calling,
- burden.
- imperative,
- condition,
- precondition,
- prerequisite,
- fundamental,
- requirement,
- sine qua non,
- necessary,
- requisite.
- exigency,
- urgency,
- wish,
- occasion,
- essential,
- weakness,
- compulsion,
- use,
- longing,
- extremity,
- demand.
- chit,
- iou,
- due bill,
- debit,
- cause,
- understanding,
- agreement,
- restraint,
- constraint,
- conscience,
- bond.
v.
•have (verb)Other synonyms:
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- Cannot.
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- would.
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- will.
- efficient,
- love,
- hold,
- probably,
- table tennis,
- justifiably,
- wrong,
- fitness,
- clever,
- malum in se,
- goose egg,
- arrive at,
- nihil,
- call for,
- essentially,
- need to,
- client,
- requires,
- prepared,
- maybe,
- worthily,
- want,
- comely,
- dexterous,
- applicable,
- collapse,
- naught,
- OWES,
- deservedly,
- desirable,
- gain,
- legal,
- nonentity,
- combat,
- proportionate,
- useful,
- suitable,
- clearly,
- nothing,
- zilch,
- respond,
- gravity,
- shall,
- respect,
- as good as,
- amenable,
- rightfully,
- inevitably,
- shame,
- in time,
- Rights,
- fealty,
- quite,
- receive,
- pawn,
- accusation,
- convenient,
- contain,
- congenial,
- necessitates,
- having to,
- proper,
- have got,
- debt,
- rather,
- accountability,
- good,
- answer,
- account,
- battle,
- be required to,
- rightful,
- allegiance,
- compel,
- Zeros,
- attack,
- Anything,
- necessitate,
- unreasonableness,
- lawful,
- take,
- destruction,
- owned,
- ever,
- Accountableness,
- loyalty,
- require,
- homage,
- justly,
- ask,
- fit,
- any,
- nichts,
- owed,
- favourable,
- pertinent,
- appointment,
- have to,
- call,
- zip,
- when,
- bill,
- bounden duty,
- necessity,
- perhaps,
- disaster,
- apposite,
- involves,
- possibly,
- etc,
- evidently,
- listen to,
- on time,
- possessed,
- compatible,
- eligible,
- be obligated to,
- comfortable,
- obviously,
- tennis,
- as if,
- ethics,
- ciphers,
- asks,
- go to,
- wants,
- Charges,
- ostensibly,
- apparently,
- Oughtness,
- devotion,
- During,
- patently,
- ought to,
- nought,
- plainly,
- nix,
- command,
- deference,
- duly,
- able,
- permitted,
- admit,
- effectual,
- adapted,
- equal to,
- Nils,
- grievance,
- rightly,
- capable,
- owe,
- act as,
- be,
- shoud,
- apt,
- presumably,
- urgent,
- competent,
- importance,
- admissible,
- call of duty,
- acceptable,
- involve,
- have got to,
- nil,
- greatness,
- aught,
- necessarily,
- advisable,
- place,
- no matter what,
- moral obligation,
- adequate,
- behoove,
- constrain,
- legitimate,
- ruin,
- justifiable,
- dedication,
- failure,
- accept,
- demands,
- seemingly,
- manifestly,
- be obliged to,
- such as.
Paraphrases for Ought:
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Equivalence
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Modal
should.
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Modal
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Independent
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Other Related
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Modal
OUGHTA.
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Modal
Antonyms for Ought:
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n.
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charge
distrust, benefit, exoneration, freedom, disregard, freeing, retreat, exculpation, irresponsibility.
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duty
blessing, treachery, aid, entertainment, pastime, help, faithlessness, hobby, unemployment, inconstancy, advantage, fun, surrender.
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obligation
disagreement, asset, misunderstanding, disbelief.
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charge
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v.
Homophones for Ought:
- Ot.