| Main Entry: | must |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, essential |
Synonyms: |
charge, commitment, committal, condition, devoir, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, ought, precondition, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, sine qua non |
| Main Entry: | must |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ought, should |
Synonyms: |
be compelled, be destined, be directed, be doomed, be driven, be made, be necessitated, be obliged, be one's fate, be ordered, be required, got to, have, have got to, have no choice, have to, must needs, need, pushed to the wall |
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
Synonyms: |
care, commitment, committal, concern, custody, deadweight, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, office, onus, ought, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight |
| Main Entry: | commitment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assurance; obligation |
Synonyms: |
charge, committal, devoir, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, ought, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word |
Antonyms: |
broken promise, denial, refusal |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement, limitation |
Synonyms: |
arrangement, article, catch, codicil, contingency, demand, essential, exception, exemption, fine print, kicker, modification, must, necessity, postulate, precondition, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, reservation, rule, sine qua non, small print, stipulation, strings, terms |
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, assignment |
Synonyms: |
burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, committal, contract, devoir, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone, minding the store, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, office, onus, ought, pains, part, province, role, service, station, string, taking care of business, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work |
Antonyms: |
disregard, irresponsibility |
| Main Entry: | essential |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, basic |
Synonyms: |
ABCs, bottom line, brass tacks, condition, element, essence, fire and ice, fundamental, groceries, guts*, heart, meat and potatoes, must, name of the game, nitty-gritty, nuts and bolts, part and parcel, precondition, prerequisite, principle, quintessence, requirement, requisite, rudiment, sine qua non, stuff, substance, vital part, where one's at |
| Notes: | the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...) |
Antonyms: |
accessory, auxiliary, nonessential, subsidiary, throwaway, trivia |
| Main Entry: | have |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | endure, bear |
Synonyms: |
allow, be compelled to, be forced to, be one's duty to, be up to, become, consider, enjoy, entertain*, experience, fall on, feel, know, leave, let, meet with, must, need, ought, permit, put up with, rest with, see, should, suffer, sustain, think about, tolerate, undergo |
| Main Entry: | necessity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, essentiality |
Synonyms: |
call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, desideratum, duress, essence, essential, exaction, exigency, fundamental, godsend, imperative, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death, must, necessary, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, obligation, pinch, precondition, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, sine qua non, stress, undeniability, urgency, vital part, vitals, want |
Antonyms: |
desire, want |
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, requirement |
Synonyms: |
charge, commitment, committal, compulsion, demand, desideratum, devoir, duty, essential, exigency, extremity, longing, must, obligation, occasion, ought, requisite, right, the urge, urgency, use, weakness, wish |
Antonyms: |
have |