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| Main Entry: | must |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, essential |
| Synonyms: | charge, commitment, condition, duty, fundamental, imperative, necessary, need, obligation, prerequisite, requirement, requisite, right, committal, devoir, ought, precondition, 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: | commitment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | assurance; obligation |
| Synonyms: | charge, duty, engagement, guarantee, liability, must, need, pledge, promise, responsibility, undertaking, vow, word, committal, devoir, ought |
| Antonyms: | denial, refusal, broken promise |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | necessity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | need, essentiality |
| Synonyms: | call, cause, claim, compulsion, demand, duress, essence, essential, exigency, fundamental, godsend*, imperative, must, necessary, obligation, pinch, prerequisite, privation, requirement, requisite, stress, urgency, want, desideratum, exaction, indispensability, inevitability, inexorableness, life or death, needfulness, no alternative, no choice, precondition, sine qua non, undeniability, vital part, vitals |
| Antonyms: | desire, want |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obligation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility |
| Synonyms: | IOU*, accountability, agreement, bond, burden, business, call, cause, charge, chit*, commitment, compulsion, conscience, constraint, contract, debit, debt, dues, duty, engagement, liability, must, necessity, need, occasion, onus, part, place, promise, requirement, restraint, right, trust, understanding, accountableness, committal, devoir, due bill, ought |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obsession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixation; consumption with belief, desire |
| Synonyms: | attraction, ax to grind*, case*, complex, compulsion, craze*, crush, delusion, enthusiasm, fancy, fascination, fetish, hang-up*, idée fixe, infatuation, mania, monkey*, must, neurosis, one-track mind*, passion, phantom, phobia, preoccupation, thing*, bug in ear, concrete idea, something on the brain, tiger by the tail |
| Antonyms: | indifference |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prerequisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | condition, necessity |
| Synonyms: | essential, imperative, must, need, postulate, qualification, requirement, requisite, precondition, sine qua non |
| Antonyms: | extra, option |
| Main Entry: | requirement/requisite |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity, want |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, specification, stipulation, terms, urgency, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, sine qua non, vital part |
| Antonyms: | desire, option, wish |
| Main Entry: | requirement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | necessity |
| Synonyms: | claim, compulsion, concern, condition, demand, element, essential, exigency, extremity, fulfillment, fundamental, imperative, lack, must, need, obligation, obsession, pinch, preliminary, preoccupation, prerequisite, prescription, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, specification, stipulation, stress, terms, urgency, want, desideratum, engrossment, exaction, precondition, prepossession, vital part |
| Main Entry: | ought to |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | should |
| Synonyms: | must, behooves, have to, is becoming, is fitting, is logical, is natural, is necessary, is reasonable, is responsible for, requires |
| Main Entry: | shall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be going to |
| Synonyms: | intend, must, will, be about to, be obliged, want to |
| Main Entry: | duty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | responsibility, assignment |
| Synonyms: | burden, business, calling, charge, chore, commission, commitment, contract, dues, engagement, function, hook*, job, load, millstone*, mission, must, need, obligation, occupation, office, onus, part, province, role, service, station, string*, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work, committal, devoir, minding the store, ought, pains, taking care of business |
| Antonyms: | disregard, irresponsibility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | need |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | want, requirement |
| Synonyms: | charge, commitment, compulsion, demand, duty, essential, exigency, extremity, longing, must, obligation, occasion, requisite, right, urgency, use, weakness, wish, committal, desideratum, devoir, ought, the urge |
| Antonyms: | have |
| Main Entry: | condition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | requirement, limitation |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, article, catch, codicil, contingency, demand, essential, exception, exemption, fine print, modification, must, necessity, postulate, prerequisite, provision, proviso, qualification, requisite, reservation, rule, small print*, stipulation, terms, kicker, precondition, sine qua non, strings |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | charge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | burden |
| Synonyms: | care, commitment, concern, custody, duty, millstone, must, need, obligation, office, onus, responsibility, right, safekeeping, task, tax, trust, ward, weight, committal, deadweight, ought |
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