The Meaning of ought

• (n. & adv.) See Aught.
• (imp., p. p., or auxi) Was or were under obligation to pay; owed.
• (imp., p. p., or auxi) Owned; possessed.
• (imp., p. p., or auxi) To be bound in duty or by moral obligation.
• (imp., p. p., or auxi) To be necessary, fit, becoming, or expedient; to behoove; -- in this sense formerly sometimes used impersonally or without a subject expressed.
• () of Owe

Homophones

aught , ot

Rhymes

abott , aforethought , afterthought , alcott , allot , alot , apricot , aquanaut , ararat , argonaut , ascot , ascott , astronaut , aught , aydelotte , ayotte , baht , batat , begot , bhatt , blot , boitnott , bott , bought , boycott , brott , brought , buckshot , cadotte , camelot , cannot , caught , checkerspot , clot , clott , cosmonaut , cot , crackpot , croat , cypriot , demott , distraught , dot , dott , dreadnought , earshot , endicott , eyespot , faught , feedlot , flott , flowerpot , forethought , forgot , fought , fraught , gaut , got , gott , grapeshot , guillotte , gunshot , haught , haut , hot , hotshot , hott , huguenot , inkblot , jackpot , jot , juggernaut , khat , kilowatt , knot , knott , konsultat , kot , labatt , lamott , lamotte , lancelot , lat , launcelot , laut , lezotte , longshot , loquat , lot , lott , lotte , malott , marcott , marotte , mascot , mayotte , mcnaught , megawatt , minot , montserrat , mott , motte , naught , not , nott , notte , nought , ocelot , onslaught , ot , ott , otte , overbought , overwrought , perrott , picotte , pilotte , plaut , plot , pot , potshot , pott , qiryat , raught , refaat , reshot , robot , rot , rott , rotte , rought , sadat , scattershot , schaadt , schlott , schott , schrodt , scot , scott , shot , shott , slingshot , slot , slott , snapshot , snot , sot , sought , spot , sprott , squat , staat , stott , sunspot , surat , swat , szott , taught , taut , teapot , thought , topknot , tot , trot , trott , turcotte , upshot , vancott , voght , vought , wat , watt , whatnot , wrought , yacht , yott