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Synonyms for discretionary
dɪˈskrɛʃ əˌnɛr idis·cre·tiona·ry
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Princeton's WordNet
discretionary, discretionaladjective
having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment
"The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds"
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discretionalAntonyms:
restricted, unarbitrary, nonarbitrarydiscretionaryadjective
(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed
"discretionary funds"; "discretionary income"
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discretionalAntonyms:
unarbitrary, nonarbitrary, restricted
Dictionary of English Synonymes
discretionaryadjective
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optional
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "discretionary":
discretional, judgemental, discretion, optional, judgmental, non-statutory, estimated
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1984 | optional | |
#2434 | estimated | |
#6747 | discretion | |
#16488 | discretionary | |
#49466 | judgmental | |
#78705 | judgemental |
How to use discretionary in a sentence?
Nature takes the decision first, man agrees, reconciles, modifies, refutes, contradicts etc., subsequently. It means the application of reason, the discretionary power of a man, only happens afterwards!
There is a whole list of categories there that are a harm to public safety, including those that commit homicide, that you went ahead and released anyway, and so that law is crystal clear. You are making these discretionary choices and released these people out in the public and they are committing more crimes.
He was stopped at the border and detained by ICE, he was detained for 12 days, but then ICE made the discretionary decision to simply let him go. They put him on a plane in Texas and his father had to pay for the ticket. His father picked him up at BWI Airport and he's been in this country with the full awareness of ICE.
Even in this economic state, we see a lot of people willing to put down $ 500 for a new console, we don't foresee anything sort of gaming crash due to economic factors because there are a lot of people stuck at home, shifting discretionary spending into gaming.
It's not as if consumers aren't spending money, but they're not spending it on jewelry in the way they used to, consumers' discretionary purchasing power is being spent on other things -- white goods, and certainly tourism. More Chinese tourists are going abroad, and that also means during important public holidays, fewer people are visiting department stores.
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