Synonyms for discretionary
dɪˈskrɛʃ əˌnɛr idis·cre·tiona·ry

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1. 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"

   Synonyms:
   discretional

   Antonyms:
   restricted, unarbitrary, nonarbitrary

2. discretionaryadjective

   (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

   "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income"

   Synonyms:
   discretional

   Antonyms:
   unarbitrary, nonarbitrary, restricted

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1. discretionaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   optional

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1. List of paraphrases for "discretionary":

   discretional, judgemental, discretion, optional, judgmental, non-statutory, estimated

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1. Martine Goeman:

   It's not only the church -- it's also the broader community, the Minister for Migration could solve( the situation) in one day -- by using The Minister for Migration discretionary powers. There is a solution.

2. Chief Executive Officer Vishal Sikka:

   We had unanticipated headwinds in discretionary spending in consulting services.

3. Jorge Ordonez:

   You can't think of this as (just a provincial) deal it is a structured sale of receivables, the dollars don't go back into the province's budget and are not discretionary on the province's behalf.

4. Tamara Charm:

   I would expect that retail sales will continue their slower pace of growth and that essentials will grow more than discretionary goods, psychologically, consumers are giving greater scrutiny to their discretionary goods.

5. Andrew Jezic:

   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.