What is another word for ought?
Pronunciation:
[ ˈɔːt], [ ˈɔːt], [ ˈɔː_t]
Related words: should, ought to, should I, should you, should we, should I do that, should you do that, should we do that, should I say that, should you say that, should we say that
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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.
- thinks about,
- fell on,
- met with,
- oughted,
- be forced to,
- thinking about,
- shoulded,
- be coming,
- be compelled to,
- Experiencing,
- Having,
- put up with,
- resting with,
- meet with,
- oughting,
- putting up with,
- put with,
- should,
- be one's duty to,
- rest with,
- thought about,
- shoulding,
- think about,
- fall on,
- be up to.
- 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.
How to use "Ought" in context?
What is "ought"?
Broadly speaking, "ought" refers to the notion that there is something that one ought to do, or something that one is obliged to do. In more detail, "ought" is often used in discussions about right and wrong, ethics, and morality. It can also be used when making decisions. For example, if someone says that they "ought to go to bed," they are indicating that it would be beneficial for them to go to bed and get rest.
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- Synonyms:
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