Must

/məst/

Synonyms for "must" (192 found)

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Closest matches (39)

absolute allegianceassigned taskbare necessitiesbe forcedbe in forbe necessarybe obligedbinding blast blightbounden dutyburden burning businesscall forcall of dutycancer cankercannot do otherwise

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cannot help butcharge commitment committal compulsory conclusive conditionde rigueurdecisive decretory dedication deference demanddemand fordemi-sec desideration

Noun(3 words)

compel conclude deduce

Strong matches (57)

desideratum devoir devotion dictateddomestic winedry rotduties and responsibilitiesduty entailed essential essentials estral estrous estrual ethicsextra secfealty fetidity fetidness final

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foulness frowst frowstiness frowziness fungus funkiness fustinesshard and fasthard-and-fasthavehave got tohave need tohave tohomage hot imperative imperiousimported wineimposedin heatin mustin rutindispensable irrevocablelight wineline of dutyloyalty malodorousness mandated mandatory

Noun(5 words)

forbidgrape juicegrape musthaber infer

Verb(2 words)

gotta has

Related words (96)

mildew mission mold moldiness mothmoth and rustmould moulder mouldymust itemmustiness musty necessaries necessary necessities necessity needneed forneed toneeds must

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new winenoisomenessnonvintage wineobligation obligatory occasion odorousness offensiveness onus oughtought toperemptory pestpink wineplace prerequirement prerequisite prescript prescriptive putridness rancidity rancidness rankness reastinessred winerepulsiveness required requirement requisite requisition respect rightrose winerot rottenness rust rutting ruttish rutty secself-imposed dutyshouldsine qua nonsmellinesssmooth winesmutsparkling winestill winestinkingness stuffinesssweet winethe necessarythe needfulthin wineultimate vin vinovintage winewantwhite winewinewithout appealworm

Verb(3 words)

moet obliges shalt

Noun(9 words)

moldiness mustiness necessity needs obligate obligation prohibit require requirement

Adjective(1 words)

second-language student needs

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

13 entries

essentialgrape juiceinference modality necessary necessitynormative constraintobligation prohibition requirement requisite rule staleness

More specific

10 entries

absolute banacademic requirementcompulsory measureexplicit prohibitionlegal requirementlogical deductionmandatory actionprerequisiterequired procedurestrong probability

Collocations

12 entries

absolute mustacademic mustessential mustgrape mustmust adhere tomust bemust considermust havemust includemust notmust-have itemwine must

Inflections

2 entries

had tomusts

Derivations

2 entries

grape mustmandatory

similar

1 entries

essential

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We must learn to live together as brothers, or we will perish together as fools.

Source: tatoeba (1509)

Seeing that you're not surprised, I think you must have known.

Source: tatoeba (1584)

I must admit that I snore.

Source: tatoeba (1714)

Teachers must get tired of rectifying the same mistakes over and over again in their students' papers.

Source: tatoeba (1971)

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