Synonyms of mandates

mandates 1 of 2

noun

plural of mandate

as in accreditations

the granting of power to perform various acts or duties

the committee has been given a mandate to reform the process for admitting applicants to the university

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accreditations
• authorizations
• licenses
• commissions
• delegations
• empowerments
• promotions
• commendations
• consignments
• facilitations
• orderings
• entrustments

mandates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mandate

as in orders

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority

the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members

Synonyms & Similar Words

• orders
• requests
• dictates
• requires
• demands
• decrees
• asks
• directs
• calls for
• commands
• calls
• ordains
• petitions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cancels
• rescinds
• countermands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mandates

Noun

Some employees reject return-to-office mandates Jasmine Tucker, vice president of research at the National Women’s Law Center, said return-to-office mandates amid high caregiving costs disproportionately drove women to leave the labor force. — Rachel Barber, USA Today, 9 July 2026

Worsening the impacts from the supply shortage are the mandates that inflate the costs of building a new home. — Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 9 July 2026

Investors are urged to question both companies on the effectiveness of their child safety measures, control mandates, and risk assessments for new products. — Bhakti Mirchandani, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Corporate governance solutions rarely take the form of universal mandates. — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 6 July 2026

Only 14 of the 50 states have paid sick leave mandates in place, which means sick workers are often forced to rely on health insurance pay-outs to cover their wages. — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 6 July 2026

The brands that successfully thread the needle, by embracing the immense power of AI while remaining agile amid shifting regulatory mandates, will be the ones that succeed. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 2 July 2026

The law provides no mandates for how children must spend that time, but some options listed in the law include meditation, reflection and prayer. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 1 July 2026

States that never had mandates averaged around 335,000 cases per million. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

Verb

Brazil mandates specific authentication controls for transactions through its national instant payment system, PIX. — Gegham Azatyan, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Salisbury blamed delays in resolving cases in part on a 2021 law that mandates full trial boards in disputed misconduct complaints involving police officers, even for minor disciplinary infractions. — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 1 July 2026

The agreement also mandates a legally enforceable whistleblower protection policy, a comprehensive Survivor Bill of Rights, anonymous online reporting, and a prohibition on confidentiality agreements that silence survivors. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026

The legislation now mandates streaming platforms to do the same. — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026

The bill, which still awaits the president’s approval, mandates a range of initiatives aimed mainly at raising the nation’s housing stock. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026

The other mandates a more stringent process for auditing state programs funded by new taxes. — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026

The law mandates oversight, auditing, transparency and human review. — Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026

This program mandates that the residents of the existing public housing be given a place to live during the redevelopment and a unit in the new building, with restrictions on how much their rent can increase. — Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 12 June 2026