Antonyms for discretionary
dɪˈskrɛʃ əˌnɛr idis·cre·tiona·ry

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1. discretionary, discretionaladjective

   having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment

   "The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds"

   Antonyms:
   restricted, unarbitrary, nonarbitrary

   Synonyms:
   discretional

2. discretionaryadjective

   (especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed

   "discretionary funds"; "discretionary income"

   Antonyms:
   unarbitrary, nonarbitrary, restricted

   Synonyms:
   discretional

How to use discretionary in a sentence?

1. Mark Carney:

   We have anecdotal evidence that we're building up through our agency network and our direct contacts with businesses, where we have seen a sharp fall in trading conditions, particularly in retail, consumer discretionary items over the course of the last week.

2. Susan Howard:

   The competitive grants will probably be the slowest to come out, it will be a real heavy lift for DOT to get this level of discretionary funding out the door.

3. Brian Jacobsen:

   Discretionary could send a signal to the market with good second-quarter guidance, strong numbers would mean the economy will avoid recession, and could send (the S&P 500) to new highs.

4. Tamara Charm:

   I would expect that retail sales will continue their slower pace of growth and that essentials will grow more than discretionary goods, psychologically, consumers are giving greater scrutiny to their discretionary goods.

5. Paul Ryan:

   He’s exactly right, but the defense budget is not the problem. Discretionary spending is not the problem. It is growing the economy and getting entitlement reform.

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