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Definition/Meaning

(noun)

required by the law or rules; compulsory;

e.g. The freshman student welcome program was mandatory for all students.

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Similar Words

Coercive

Compulsory

Forced

Imperative

Incumbent

Involuntary

Necessary

Nondeliberate

Nonelective

Nonpurposive

Nonvoluntary

Obligatory

Ordered

Organic

Peremptory

Required

Unwilled

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Opposite Words

Alternate

Barred

Chosen

Conscious

Deliberate

Discretionary

Dispensable

Elective

Forbidden

Freewill

Impermissible

Inconsequential

Insignificant

Intended

Intentional

Nonessential

Optional

Premeditated

Premeditative

Purposeful

Purposive

Self-imposed

Set

Shutout

Taboo

Unauthorized

Unforced

Unimportant

Unmentionable

Unnecessary

Unwanted

Verboten

Voluntary

Volunteer

Willed

Willful

Willing

Witting

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Related Words

Admissible

All-important

Allowable

Coercive

Common

Commoner

Essential

Essentially

Everyday

Familiar

Frequent

Garden-variety

Household

Imperative

Indispensable

Insistent

Integral

Must-have

Necessary

Needful

Or

Ordinary

Permissible

Persistent

Pressing

Quotidian

Required

Requisite

Routine

Ubiquitous

Urgent

Usual

Vital

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