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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. mustnoun

    a necessary or essential thing

    "seat belts are an absolute must"

    Synonyms:
    moldiness, mustiness

    Antonyms:
    unessential, inessential

  2. mustnoun

    grape juice before or during fermentation

    Synonyms:
    moldiness, mustiness

    Antonyms:
    inessential, unessential

  3. mustiness, must, moldinessadjective

    the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy

    Synonyms:
    moldiness, mustiness

    Antonyms:
    inessential, unessential

  4. must(a)adjective

    highly recommended

    "a book that is must reading"

    Antonyms:
    inessential, unessential

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  1. stum

    stum is unfermented grape juice, also known as must

    the must is unfermented and thus not alcoholic

    Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes1.0 / 1 vote

  1. mustnoun

    Synonyms:
    grape-juice (unfermented), new wine

  2. mustnoun

    Synonyms:
    mould, fust, mustiness, mildew, blight, rust, smut

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "must":

    gotta, ought, needs, owes, owe

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. Lujan Grisham:

    The spread of this virus in McKinley County is frightful, and it shows that physical distancing has not occurred and is not occurring. The virus is running amok there. It must be stopped, and stricter measures are necessary.

  2. House Speaker John Boehner:

    I hope that President Obama, if and when he has a conversation with the Cuban dictator during the Organization of American States summit, will take the opportunity to condemn this violence in the strongest possible terms and reaffirm that the United States should and must always stand on the side of human rights and democracy against Communist tyranny.

  3. Abraham Maslow:

    A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be.

  4. Tim Murray:

    Public investment in the Greater Boston area infrastructure for the Boston 2024 Olympics must not come at the expense of the rest of Massachusetts.

  5. Elijah Cummings:

    Our ultimate goal must be to serve the interest of the children and families of Flint.


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