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obligatory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of obligatory

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

In this state, school attendance is obligatory until the age of 17.

Synonyms of obligatory

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

Words Related to obligatory

all-important, essential, indispensable, needed, requisite

insistent, persistent, pressing, urgent

demanded, enforced

Near Antonyms of obligatory

chosen, discretionary

dispensable, unnecessary, unneeded, unwanted

inconsequential, insignificant, nonessential, unimportant

Antonyms of obligatory

elective, optional, voluntary

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