Synonyms of regulatory

regulatory

adjective

as in parliamentary

formal making or concerned with making official rules about what is acceptable in a particular business, activity, etc.

a regulatory agency

They are seeking regulatory approval for the merger.

Related Words

• parliamentary
• governmental
• official
• executive
• ministerial
• bureaucratic
• administrative
• supervisory
• managerial
• directorial
• authoritarian
• despotic
• dictatorial

Dissimilar Words

• nonsupervisory
• nonmanagerial

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of regulatory

Last summer, gambling executives were dismissing prediction markets as fringe upstarts that would be hampered by regulatory uncertainty. — Nathaniel Popper, Fortune, 19 July 2026

Permitting delays, burdensome regulatory processes and excessive fees levied by government all create the ideal conditions for stagnant housing production. — Jake Day, Baltimore Sun, 19 July 2026

This administrative validation completes the technical-economic review and establishes the regulatory path required for manufacturing and structural deployment in the Far East region. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026

Yet, there are inherent issues involving evolving technology that create real-world regulatory problems. — Thomas A. Hemphill, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026

Bank regulators need to harmonize rules for entities under the same corporate umbrella so that internal capital markets cannot be used as a vehicle for regulatory arbitrage. — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Among the attendees that evening were two lower-profile government officials whose regulatory decisions had been crucial to the future of the gala’s broadcast sponsor, CBS, and its parent company, Paramount. — ArsTechnica, 17 July 2026

These strategies can include changing their surface features, altering immune signals or triggering regulatory responses that prevent the immune system from fully clearing them. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 17 July 2026