Another Word For SHOULD

ought

Verb : (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating duty or obligation.

Verb : (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating advisability or prudence.

Verb : (auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating desirability.

must

Verb : To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a failure or negative consequence.

Verb : To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.

Verb : Used to indicate that something is very likely, probable, or certain to be true.

need

Verb : (transitive) To have an absolute requirement for.

Verb : (transitive) To want strongly; to feel that one must have something.

Noun : (countable and uncountable) A requirement for something; something needed.

had better

Verb : (idiomatic, with bare infinitive, informal) Should; ought to; need to; must.

supposed

Adjective : (idiomatic) Only used in supposed to

Adjective : Alleged; assumed.

expected

Adjective : Anticipated; thought to be about to arrive or occur.

forecast

Noun : A prediction of the weather.

Verb : To estimate how something will be in the future.

Noun : An estimation of a future condition.

anticipated

Adjective : expected to arrive; scheduled

needs

Verb : (archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.

Noun : A surname.

think

Verb : (transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.

Verb : (transitive) To have (some statement) in one's mind; to say to oneself mentally.

Verb : (transitive) To be of opinion (that); to consider, judge, regard, or look upon (something) as.

though

Verb : (conjunctive) Despite that; however.

Verb : (degree) Used to intensify statements or questions; indeed.

Verb : Misspelling of thought.

needed

Adjective : Necessary; being required.

required

Adjective : Necessary; obligatory; mandatory.

case

Noun : An actual event, situation, or fact.

Noun : A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.

Noun : (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

event

Noun : An occurrence; something that happens.

Noun : A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)

Noun : One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.

better

Adjective : Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.

Adjective : Greater in amount or quantity

Adjective : Healed or recovered from an injury or illness.

scheduled

Adjective : Planned; according to schedule.

Adjective : (India) Included in a Schedule of the Indian Constitution, and as such is recognised by the government as eligible for special protection and consideration; afforded special concessions

Noun : (informal) Synonym of schedulee.

let

Verb : (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

Verb : (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.

Verb : (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.

debit

Noun : A sum of money taken out of a bank account. Thus called, because in bank's bookkeeping a cash withdrawal diminishes the amount of money held on the account, i.e. bank's debt to the customer.

Noun : In bookkeeping, an entry in the left hand column of an account.

Verb : To make an entry on the debit side of an account.

ying

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A county of Shuozhou, Shanxi, China.

Noun : (historical) ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu.

cases

Noun : An actual event, situation, or fact.

Noun : A piece of work, specifically defined within a profession; the set of tasks involved in addressing the situation of a specific person or event.

Noun : (academia) An instance or event as a topic of study.

gotta

Verb : (colloquial) Synonym of have got to, have to [Expressing obligation; used with have.]

Verb : (colloquial) Contraction of got + a. [Expressing obligation; used with have.]

oughta

requires

Verb : Naturally to demand (something) as indispensable; to need, to call for as necessary.

Verb : To demand (of someone) to do something.

Verb : To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively.

takes

Verb : (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.

Verb : (transitive) To seize or capture.

Verb : (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

urged

Verb : (transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.

Verb : (transitive) To present in an urgent manner; to insist upon.

Verb : (transitive) To put mental pressure on; to ply with motives, arguments, persuasion, or importunity.

have to

Verb : Must; need to; to be urged to; to be required to; indicates obligation.

Verb : (with be) Must; expresses a logical conclusion.

obliged

Adjective : Under an obligation to do something.

Adjective : Grateful or indebted because of a favor done.

compelled

Adjective : Driven; forced.

mandated

Adjective : required, mandatory

necessary

Adjective : Required, essential, whether logically inescapable or needed in order to achieve a desired result or avoid some penalty.

Adjective : Unavoidable, inevitable.

Noun : (chiefly UK, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, archaic, euphemistic, usually with the definite article) A place to do the "necessary" business of urination and defecation: an outhouse or lavatory.

imperative

Adjective : Essential; crucial; extremely important.

Adjective : Expressing a command; authoritatively or absolutely directive.

Noun : (uncountable, grammar) The grammatical mood expressing an order (see jussive). In English, the imperative form of a verb is the same as that of the bare infinitive.

incumbent

Noun : The current holder of an office or title; (specifically, Christianity) the holder of an ecclesiastical benefice.

Adjective : (figurative) Followed by on or upon: imposed on one as an obligation, especially due to one's office or position.

Adjective : (figurative) Being the current holder of an office or a title; specifically (Christianity, obsolete), of an ecclesiastical benefice.

advisable

Adjective : (of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.

Adjective : (of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.

wise

Adjective : Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.

Adjective : (colloquial, ironic, sarcastic) Disrespectful.

Adjective : (colloquial) Aware, informed (to something).

recommended

Adjective : mentioned as worthy of acceptanc

appropriate

Adjective : Suitable or fit; proper; felicitous.

Adjective : Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.

Adjective : (of an action or thing) Morally good; positive.

sensible

Adjective : Acting with or showing good sense; able to make good judgements based on reason or wisdom, or reflecting such ability.

Adjective : Characterized more by usefulness, practicality, or comfort than by attractiveness, formality, or fashionableness, especially of clothing.

Adjective : (especially formally) Able to be sensed by the senses or the psyche; able to be perceived.

prudent

Adjective : Practically wise, judicious, shrewd.

Adjective : Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct.

Adjective : Frugal, economical.

would

Verb : Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

Verb : Used to form the "anterior future", or "future in the past", indicating a futurity relative to a past time.

Verb : A modal verb, the subjunctive of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.

will

Noun : One's independent faculty of choice; the ability to be able to exercise one's choice or intention.

Noun : The act of choosing to do something; a person’s conscious intent or volition.

Noun : One's intention or decision; someone's orders or commands.

might

Noun : (uncountable) The ability to do something.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) Power, strength, force, or influence held by a person or group.

Noun : (uncountable) Physical strength or force.

could

Verb : conditional of can

Verb : Used to politely ask for permission to do something.

Verb : Used to show the possibility that something might happen.

want

Verb : (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.

Verb : (transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

Verb : (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

cannot

Verb : Can not (be unable to).

Verb : Be forbidden or not permitted to

Noun : Something that cannot be done.

have

Verb : (transitive) To possess, own.

Verb : (transitive) To hold, as something at someone's disposal.

Verb : (transitive) To include as a part, ingredient, or feature.

likely

Adjective : Probable; having a greater-than-even chance of occurring.

Adjective : (as predicate, followed by to and infinitive) Reasonably to be expected; apparently destined, probable.

Adjective : Leading with high probability to some specified outcome.

suppose

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To take for granted; to conclude, with less than absolute supporting data; to believe.

Verb : (transitive) To imagine; to believe; to receive as true.

Verb : (transitive) To theorize or hypothesize.

surely

Verb : (sentence adverb) Certainly, undoubtedly.

Verb : With confidence.

Verb : Without fail.

never

Verb : At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

Verb : Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.

Verb : (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).

probably

Verb : In all likelihood.

gonna

Verb : (colloquial) A modal used to express a future action that is being planned or prepared for in the present.

going

Verb : (in combination) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

wont

Adjective : Accustomed or used (to or with a thing), accustomed or apt (to do something).

expect

Verb : (ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen

Verb : To consider obligatory or required.

Verb : To consider reasonably due.

hould

Verb : Obsolete spelling of hold. [(transitive) To grasp or grip.]

decide

Verb : (ambitransitive) To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

Verb : (intransitive) To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

Verb : (transitive) To cause someone to come to a decision.

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intend

Verb : (ambitransitive, usually followed by particle "to" + verb, or "on"/"upon" + noun) To fix the mind upon (something, or something to be accomplished); be intent upon

Verb : To fix the mind on; attend to; take care of; superintend; regard.

Verb : To bend or turn; direct, as one’s course or journey.

certainly

Verb : Without doubt, surely.

Verb : In a way which is certain; with certainty.

Verb : An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.

seem

Verb : (copulative) To appear; to look outwardly; to be perceived as.

Verb : (obsolete) To befit; to beseem.

just

Verb : Only, simply, merely.

Verb : Introduces a disappointing or surprising outcome that renders futile something previously mentioned.

Verb : By a narrow margin; closely; narrowly; almost not.

presume

Verb : (transitive) To assume or suggest to be true (without proof); to take for granted, to suppose.

Verb : (transitive) To be so presumptuous as (to do something) without proper authority or permission [with to (+ infinitive)].

Verb : (intransitive) To impose (on) for one's advantage; to be presumptuous; to take advantage (of); to take liberties (with) [with on or upon].

actually

Verb : (modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.

Verb : (obsolete) Currently; at the time.

Verb : (obsolete) Actively.

coud

Verb : Obsolete spelling of could. [conditional of can]

meant

Verb : To intend.

Verb : (transitive) To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.

Verb : (intransitive) To have as intentions of a given kind.

allowed

Adjective : Permitted, authorized.

Adjective : (now rare) Allotted.

Adjective : (now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.

always

Verb : At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.

Verb : Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).

Verb : (informal) if necessary, or if there is no better option; in any event.

continue

Verb : (transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).

Verb : (intransitive) To resume.

Verb : (transitive) To make last; to prolong.

wanted

Adjective : Wished for; desired; sought.

Adjective : (law enforcement) Subject to immediate detainment by law enforcement authorities on sight.

consider

Verb : (transitive) To think about seriously.

Verb : (intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

Verb : (transitive) To think about whether one will do (an action); to weigh as a possible course of action.

able

Adjective : Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.

Adjective : Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.

Adjective : Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.

definitely

Verb : Without question and beyond doubt.

Verb : In a definite manner; decisively.

also

Verb : (conjunctive, focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too.

Verb : (obsolete) To the same degree or extent; so, as.

they

Verb : (transitive) To refer to (someone, sometimes especially someone who does not use gender-neutral pronouns) using they/them pronouns.

wish

Noun : A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.

Noun : The thing desired or longed for.

Noun : An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.

simply

Verb : (focus) Merely; solely.

Verb : (manner) In a simple way or state; considered in or by itself; without addition; alone.

Verb : (manner) Plainly; without art or subtlety

willing

Adjective : Ready to do something, particularly something that requires change or effort; not objecting.

wanna

Noun : "Wanna" is a song by South Korean girl group Kara from their second studio album, Revolution.

shold

Verb : Obsolete spelling of should. [Ought to; indicating opinion, advice, or instruction, about what is required or desirable.]

still

Verb : Without motion.

Verb : (aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.

Verb : (degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.

does

Noun : the second album by indie rock band The Slip.

wuld

Verb : Archaic spelling of would; also, eye dialect spelling of would. [Past tense of will; usually followed by a bare infinitive.]

wold

Noun : (archaic, regional) An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor.

Noun : (obsolete) A wood or forest, especially a wooded upland.

Noun : A surname.

come

Verb : To move toward the speaker.

Verb : To move toward the listener.

Verb : (intransitive) To move nearer to the point of perspective.

necessarily

Verb : Inevitably; of necessity.

possibly

Verb : (modifying a clause or predicate) Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker.

Verb : (modifying a verb) In the realm of possibility; indicates that the action may successfully be performed (is not impossible) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the speaker that might limit the performance.

normally

Verb : Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time

Verb : In the expected or customary manner.

Verb : To a usual or customary extent or degree.

suggest

Verb : (transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.

Verb : (transitive) To cause one to suppose (something); to bring to one's mind the idea (of something).

Verb : (transitive) To imply but stop short of explicitly stating (something).

wants

Verb : (transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.

Verb : (transitive, in particular) To wish, desire, or demand to see, have the presence of or do business with.

Verb : (intransitive) To desire (to experience desire); to wish.

choose

Verb : To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

Verb : To elect.

Verb : To decide to act in a certain way.

really

Verb : (modal) Actually; in fact; in reality.

Verb : (informal, as an intensifier) Very (modifying an adjective); very much (modifying a verb).

Verb : (literal) In a way or manner that is real, not unreal.

take

Verb : (transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.

Verb : (transitive) To seize or capture.

Verb : (transitive) To catch or get possession of (fish or game).

tend

Verb : (with to) To look after (e.g. an ill person.)

Verb : To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.

Verb : To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.

assume

Verb : To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof.

Verb : To take on a position, duty or form.

Verb : To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate.

cant

Noun : (countable) An argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup.

Noun : (countable, uncountable) A private or secret language used by a religious sect, gang, or other group.

Noun : A language spoken by some Irish Travellers; Shelta.

contend

Verb : (intransitive) To be in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

Verb : (intransitive) To be in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

Verb : (intransitive) To struggle or exert oneself to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

sure

Adjective : Certain in one's knowledge or belief.

Adjective : Physically secure and certain, non-failing, reliable.

Adjective : (followed by a to infinitive) Certain to act or be a specified way.

know

Verb : (transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.

Verb : (transitive) To be aware of; to be cognizant of.

Verb : (intransitive) To be or become aware or cognizant.

therefore

Verb : (conjunctive) Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause; referring to something previously stated.

Verb : (conjunctive, archaic) for that; for it (in reference to a previous statement)

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