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mandatory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of mandatory

forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law

the tests are mandatory for all students wishing to graduate

Synonyms of mandatory

compulsory, forced, imperative, incumbent, involuntary, necessary, nonelective, obligatory, peremptory, required

Words Related to mandatory

all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

demanded, enforced

Near Antonyms of mandatory

chosen, discretionary

dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant

Antonyms of mandatory

elective, optional, voluntary

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