Synonyms for mandatory
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Compulsory — obligatory; required or commanded by authority
compulsory, required, obligatory, requisite, forced, imperative, involuntary, binding, commanding, compulsatory, decretory dated rare
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Definitions
- adj. 1
obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
Attendance at a school is usually mandatory for children.
Related words
- Word family
- mandatorily mandatoriness
- Phrases
- mandatory reporter
Example sentences
- required I'm sorry, sir, but a jacket and tie are required.
- compulsory In Algeria, it's not compulsory to wear the hijab.
- obligatory Fasting in Ramadan is obligatory for every Muslim.
- requisite I won't be able to go travelling until the requisite visa fees are paid.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| mandatory | steady | |
| required | falling | |
| compulsory | falling | |
| obligatory | steady | |
| requisite | falling | |
| preceptive | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- forced1
- 7 letters
- binding2
- 8 letters
- required3
- 9 letters
- requisite3, decretory
- 10 letters
- commanding3, compulsory4, imperative4, obligatory5, preceptive
- 11 letters
- involuntary5
- 12 letters
- compulsatory
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (binding2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- obligatoire
- Italiano
- obbligatorio
- Español
- obligatorio
- Deutsch
- zwingend