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nonelective

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of nonelective

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

Language arts, math, and science are nonelective subjects taken by all students at the school.

Synonyms of nonelective

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

Words Related to nonelective

all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

demanded, enforced

coercive

Near Antonyms of nonelective

chosen, discretionary

dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant

Antonyms of nonelective

elective, optional, voluntary

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