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Synonyms for Mandatory
ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr imanda·to·ry
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mandatoryadjective
Synonyms:
obligatory, compulsorymandatoryadjective
Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Attendance at a school is usually mandatory.
Synonyms:
obligatory, compulsoryAntonyms:
optionalmandatoryadjective
Of, or relating to a mandate.
Synonyms:
obligatory, compulsory
Princeton's WordNet
mandatary, mandatorynoun
the recipient of a mandate
Synonyms:
mandatary, mandatory, mandateAntonyms:
optionalmandate, mandatoryadjective
a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
Synonyms:
mandatary, authorization, mandatory, authorisation, mandateAntonyms:
optionalcompulsory, mandatory, requiredadjective
required by rule
"in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"
Synonyms:
compulsory, requisite, needful, mandatory, needed, requiredAntonyms:
optional
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
mandatoryadjective
Synonyms:
preceptive, directory
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
mandatoryadjective
Synonyms:
directory, commandatory, preceptive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "mandatory":
compulsory, obligatory, binding, peremptory, non-compensatory, required, imperative, coercive, statutory, obligation, prescriptive, enforceable, requirement, mandated
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#485 | required | |
#1059 | needed | |
#2435 | binding | |
#3277 | requirement | |
#4772 | obligation | |
#5770 | statutory | |
#6088 | authorization | |
#6240 | mandatory | |
#9882 | mandate | |
#11526 | compulsory | |
#14966 | imperative | |
#15008 | mandated | |
#16399 | requisite | |
#19888 | authorisation | |
#23060 | enforceable | |
#23825 | obligatory | |
#36872 | prescriptive | |
#37633 | coercive | |
#54937 | needful | |
#73290 | peremptory |
How to use Mandatory in a sentence?
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I think you’re going to have hybrid solutions in all sorts of transportation, i’m sure there’ll be mandatory electrification in certain cities, highly densely populated areas, but that wouldn’t be 100 percent.
While we are all concerned about badly maintained vehicles causing pollution, the solution to that is to make annual vehicle health checks mandatory, if today the NGT can do this thing without any warning, any planning or any heads-up then in five years the same can be done for petrol vehicles as well.
Although the FBI does have some statistics, most people know that those statistics can't even be counted upon, because they are self-reported, so my suggestion has been all along that we need mandatory reporting from our law enforcement agencies around the country and I think that the number of officer shootings involving young black males is actually much higher than is even self-reported. That's something that needs to be part of the conversation.
I can’t believe I’ve ever seen or heard of such a despicable, disgusting sense of entitlement and lack of a moral compass. [Referring to a top casino executive and his wife who flew from Vancouver by commercial flight and chartered aircraft 2200 km to Beaver Creek, ignoring mandatory quarantine requirements, to jump the queue for COVID-19 vaccinations. Beaver Creek is a First Nations community of 80, given vaccine priority because of its remoteness near the Alaska border.]
There is not enough political will, if we now abandon the mandatory pensions system, then the situation accumulation of the resources will be uncertain.
Translations for Mandatory
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- إلزامي, مفروض, إجباريArabic
- задължителенBulgarian
- obligatoriCatalan, Valencian
- povinnýCzech
- obligatoriskDanish
- zwingend notwendig, obligatorischGerman
- υποχρεωτικόςGreek
- obligatorio, necesarioSpanish
- pakollinenFinnish
- requis, obligatoireFrench
- הכרחיHebrew
- kötelezőHungarian
- obbligatorio, necessario, richiestoItalian
- 必須の, 強制的なJapanese
- 의무적인Korean
- nodig, verplichtDutch
- obligatoriskNorwegian
- obowiązkowyPolish
- obrigatório, necessárioPortuguese
- обязательный, обязательноеRussian
- obligatoriskSwedish
- zorunluTurkish
- لازمی ہےUrdu
- 強Chinese
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