Synonyms for Should
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1. shouldverb

   Be obliged to; have an obligation to; ought to;

   Synonyms:
   ought

   Antonyms:
   shouldnt

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1. should

   One ought to do that which he is under moral obligation or in duty bound to do. Ought is the stronger word, holding most closely to the sense of moral obligation, or sometimes of imperative logical necessity; should may have the sense of moral obligation or may apply merely to propriety or expediency, as in the proverb, "The liar should have a good memory," i. e., he will need it. Ought is sometimes used of abstractions or inanimate things as indicating what the mind deems to be imperative or logically necessary in view of all the conditions; as, these goods ought to go into that space; these arguments ought to convince him; should in such connections would be correct, but less emphatic. Compare DUTY.

   Synonyms:
   ought

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1. List of paraphrases for "should":

   ought, expected, oughta, gotta, needs

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1. Chuck Schumer:

   I have concluded that the Treasury Department's proposal is flawed and fails to sufficiently limit Oleg Deripaska's control and influence of these companies and the Senate should move to block this misguided effort by the Trump Administration and keep these sanctions in place.

2. Stefan Bouzarovski:

   It's not clear why we don't have an EU-wide disconnection ban, we should be seeing access to energy as a human right in the same way as we see access to water as a human right.

3. Svenja Schulze:

   Without refits, consumer confidence will fall even further, neither drivers nor taxpayers should be asked to pay. Carmakers are under an obligation!

4. Rexburg Police Chief Shane Turman:

   They’ve told us several stories about where the children are, but when we investigate, the children don’t exist where they say they should, we don’t know where they are at, but we think they are in pretty serious danger.

5. Jeb Bush:

   I think it's time for us to re-evaluate all these programs. Government spends way too much to start with, there should be a thorough review of spending in Washington, D.C., particularly organizations that have a very deep political agenda. And that would be part of my mission as president, as well.