Synonyms for ought
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1. ought

   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:
   should

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1. List of paraphrases for "ought":

   should, must, would

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1. Lord Macaulay:

   Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

2. Rick Scott:

   I believe the citizens of the state ought to pick.

3. Charlotte Brontë:

   You had no right to be born; for you make no use of life. Instead of living for, in, and with yourself, as a reasonable being ought, you seek only to fasten your feebleness on some other person's strength.

4. Mitch McConnell:

   I think I can speak for our conference by saying were not ruling that out, but we think we ought to take a pause here, do a good job of evaluating what weve already done.

5. Bill Cassidy:

   The president's team did not reach out to anybody in our group, either Democrat or Republican when they fashioned their proposal, so if you want unity, if you want bipartisanship, you ought to start with a group that's shown it's willing to work together for a common solution.They did not.