Should

/ʃəd/

Synonyms for "should" (40 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (8)

be expedientbe forcedbe in forbe necessary

Strong matches (12)

be obligedcannot do otherwisecannot help buthad besthad betterhavehave got to
Verb(3 words)
conditional usagecontingent usageexpected
Noun(2 words)

Related words (20)

have need tohave tomustneedneed toneeds mustoughtought towant
Verb(9 words)
have tohypothetical usagelikelymustneed toprobablerecommendedwise towould
Noun(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
second-language student needs

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

3 relation types

More general

2 entries
conditional clausemodal verb

More specific

8 entries
best practiceconditional sentenceexpected valuehave toif clauselikely outcomemustrecommended practice

Collocations

6 entries
should beshould considershould examineshould haveshould includeshould not

Translations

107 translations across 47 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὀφείλω verb (expressing obligation)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مِنْ اَلْمَفْرُوض أَنْ verb (expressing obligation)
  • مِنْ اَلْمُفْتَرَض أَنْ verb (expressing obligation)
  • يَنْبَغِي أَنْ verb (expressing obligation)

Azerbaijani

3 entries
  • -malı verb (expressing obligation)
  • -məli verb (expressing obligation)
  • gərək verb (expressing obligation)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • паві́нен verb (expressing obligation)
  • паві́нна verb (expressing obligation)
  • паві́нны verb (expressing obligation)

Bengali

3 entries
  • উচিত verb (expressing opinion)
  • কথা verb (expressing obligation)
  • যদি verb (if; in case of)

Catalan

3 entries
  • deure verb (expressing obligation)
  • haver de verb (expressing obligation)
  • tenir de verb (expressing obligation)

Chinese

2 entries
  • 應該 /应该 verb (expressing obligation)
  • verb (expressing obligation)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 應該 /应该 verb (expressing obligation)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 倘若 verb (if; in case of)
  • 如果 verb (if; in case of)
  • 應當 /应当 verb (expressing obligation)
  • 應該 /应该 verb (expressing obligation)

Cornish

4 entries
  • y kodh dhe verb (expressing obligation)
  • y tal dhe verb (expressing opinion)
  • y talvia dhe verb (expressing opinion)
  • y tegoodh dhe verb (expressing obligation)

Czech

1 entries
  • měl by verb (expressing obligation)

Danish

3 entries
  • burde verb (expressing obligation)
  • skulle verb (expressing obligation)
  • skulle verb (if; in case of)

Dutch

3 entries
  • mochten verb (if; in case of)
  • moeten verb (expressing obligation)
  • zou moeten verb (expressing obligation)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • devi verb (expressing obligation)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pitäisi verb (expressing obligation)

French

3 entries
  • Conditional form of devoir verb (expressing obligation)
  • Conditional form of devoir verb (expressing opinion)
  • si verb (if; in case of)

German

3 entries
  • müsste verb (expressing obligation)
  • sollen verb (expressing obligation)
  • sollte verb (expressing obligation)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • כְּדַאי לְ־ verb (expressing opinion)
  • צָרִיךְ verb (expressing obligation)

Hindi

1 entries
  • चाहिए verb (expressing obligation)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • -j verb (expressing obligation)
  • ha …… -na/-ne verb (if; in case of)
  • kellene verb (expressing opinion)
  • kéne verb (expressing opinion)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • eiga að verb (expressing obligation)

Japanese

1 entries
  • ...べきである verb (expressing obligation)

Khmer

1 entries
  • គួរ verb (expressing obligation)

Korean

1 entries
  • 해야 한다 verb (expressing obligation)

Latin

4 entries
  • dēbeō verb (expressing opinion)
  • nefās est verb (expressing obligation)
  • nōn licet verb (expressing obligation)
  • oportet verb (expressing obligation)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • turėti verb (expressing obligation)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • dejaś verb (expressing obligation)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • ́ако verb (if; in case of)
  • до́колку verb (if; in case of)
  • тре́ба verb (expressing obligation)

Malay

1 entries
  • patut verb (expressing obligation)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • burde verb (expressing obligation)
  • skulle verb (if; in case of)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • burde verb (expressing opinion)
  • skulle verb (expressing opinion)

Old English

1 entries
  • sċulan verb (expressing obligation)

Persian

1 entries
  • باید verb (expressing obligation)

Polish

3 entries
  • powinien verb (expressing obligation)
  • powinna verb (expressing obligation)
  • powinno verb (expressing obligation)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • caso verb (if; in case of)
  • dever verb (expressing obligation)
  • se verb (if; in case of)

Romanian

1 entries
  • ar trebui verb (expressing obligation)

Russian

4 entries
  • до́лжен verb (expressing obligation)
  • е́жели verb (if; in case of)
  • е́сли verb (if; in case of)
  • обя́зан verb (expressing obligation)

Scots

1 entries
  • shud verb (expressing obligation)

Spanish

4 entries
  • Conditional form of deber verb (expressing obligation)
  • Conditional form of deber verb (expressing opinion)
  • haber de verb (expressing obligation)
  • si verb (if; in case of)

Swedish

4 entries
  • borde verb (expressing opinion)
  • bör verb (expressing opinion)
  • om verb (if; in case of)
  • skola verb (expressing obligation)

Thai

1 entries
  • ควร verb (expressing obligation)

Turkish

1 entries
  • -meli, -malı verb (expressing obligation)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ва́рто verb (expressing obligation)
  • повинен verb (expressing obligation)

Urdu

4 entries
  • چاہئیں verb (expressing obligation)
  • چاہئیے verb (expressing obligation)
  • چاہئے verb (expressing obligation)
  • چاہیئں verb (expressing obligation)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • nên verb (expressing obligation)

Welsh

2 entries
  • dylu verb (expressing obligation)
  • os verb (if; in case of)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • זאָלן verb (expressing obligation)

Sample sentences

52 total sentences available.

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You should sleep.

Source: tatoeba (1311)

When you're beginning to look like the photo in your passport, you should go on a holiday.

Source: tatoeba (1551)

Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Source: tatoeba (1577)

You should have listened to me.

Source: tatoeba (1726)

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