MANDATORY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

mandatory

adjective

ˈman-də-ˌtȯr-ē

as in compulsory

forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law the tests are mandatory for all students wishing to graduate

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Recent Examples of mandatory As a result, Topuria was handed a mandatory 180-day medical suspension following the loss. —

Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Tight end Travis Kelce was on the field for mandatory minicamp after reporters did not see him at the open voluntary sessions, according to Day 1 observations. —

Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026 Male guardians of this ideological camp circulated defamatory letters from prison, denouncing me for unveiling and rebelling against mandatory veiling. —

Literary Hub, 18 June 2026 But in the match’s two mandatory hydration breaks, loud boos rained down from the stands. —

Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mandatory

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Since Israel’s founding, members of the community who devoted themselves to Torah studies have been exempt from the nation’s compulsory military service.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 23 June 2026
Simply sitting with the idea that death is compulsory and irreversible is too hard.

— Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 22 June 2026