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Antonyms for must
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  1. mustnoun

    a necessary or essential thing

    "seat belts are an absolute must"

    Antonyms:
    unessential, inessential

    Synonyms:
    moldiness, mustiness

  2. mustnoun

    grape juice before or during fermentation

    Antonyms:
    inessential, unessential

    Synonyms:
    moldiness, mustiness

  3. mustiness, must, moldinessadjective

    the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy

    Antonyms:
    inessential, unessential

    Synonyms:
    moldiness, mustiness

  4. must(a)adjective

    highly recommended

    "a book that is must reading"

    Antonyms:
    inessential, unessential

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD0.0 / 0 votes

  1. MUST

    Synonyms:
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How to use must in a sentence?

  1. Socrates:

    If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

  2. Marilyn MonroeMonroe:

    I know what we need, we need a bed with a white silk sheet -- it must be silk -- Frank Sinatra records and Dom Perignon champagne, and I know we'll get good pictures.

  3. Madan Prasad Pariyar:

    The private sector must be brought into these projects in the beginning, and planning done between them, traders and the farmers.

  4. Marieke Degen:

    R must always be seen in context, if you have low infection numbers in total -- in Germany [ Robert Koch Institute's ] some hundreds per day -- and some larger outbreaks, R can rise quite quickly, but this is not that problematic.

  5. Jamie Drummond:

    People must be able to follow the money, follow the metrics, to hold leaders accountable.

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#218must
#63434inessential
#277180unessential

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