Synonyms of prescribed

prescribed 1 of 2

adjective

as in expected

Synonyms & Similar Words

• expected
• foreseen
• fixed
• predetermined
• preordained
• predictable
• destined
• calculated
• inevitable
• intended
• certain
• foreseeable
• predestined
• foreordained
• planned
• premeditated
• deliberate
• sure
• intentional
• set
• wilful
• premeditative
• voluntary
• conscious
• volunteer
• prepense
• knowing
• unforced
• willful
• freewill

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• incidental
• chance
• accidental
• casual
• inadvertent
• unintended
• unwitting
• unplanned
• unpremeditated
• unintentional
• fortuitous
• coincidental
• odd
• flukey
• fluky
• freak

prescribed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of prescribe

as in specified

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly

in chess, you can move the various pieces only in certain prescribed ways

Synonyms & Similar Words

• specified
• defined
• directed
• ordered
• dictated
• laid down
• arranged
• decreed
• told
• assigned
• instructed
• required
• selected
• ordained
• set
• controlled
• enjoined
• conducted
• governed
• chose
• managed
• compelled
• forced
• constrained
• fixed
• led
• obliged
• obligated
• charged
• commanded
• settled
• bid
• adjured
• coerced
• bade