Antonyms for mandatory
ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr imanda·to·ry

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1. mandatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, compulsory

2. mandatoryadjective

   Obligatory; required or commanded by authority.

   Attendance at a school is usually mandatory.

   Antonyms:
   optional

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, compulsory

3. mandatoryadjective

   Of, or relating to a mandate.

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, compulsory

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1. mandatary, mandatorynoun

   the recipient of a mandate

   Antonyms:
   optional

   Synonyms:
   mandatary, mandate

2. mandate, mandatoryadjective

   a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

   Antonyms:
   optional

   Synonyms:
   mandatary, authorization, authorisation, mandate

3. compulsory, mandatory, requiredadjective

   required by rule

   "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading"

   Antonyms:
   optional

   Synonyms:
   compulsory, requisite, needful, needed, required

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1. mandatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   directory, commandatory, preceptive

How to use mandatory in a sentence?

1. Lisa Lien Mager:

   Droughts are costly for water agencies, revenues are being affected by the mandatory conservation but at the same time costs are going up.

2. Julie Stewart:

   I commend the President, but I'd also like to stress that the problem his actions are trying to address can't be solved by the White House or the Department of Justice. Congress created these mandatory minimums, and Congress needs to reform them.

3. Doctor Oz:

   It should be mandatory that everybody in America have healthcare coverage. If you can't afford it, we have to give it to you.

4. Michelle Richardson:

   With this dangerous law, Florida is joining other states in the race to the bottom for limiting women’s ability to make their own personal healthcare decisions, not only is the 24-hour mandatory delay medically unnecessary, it could in fact interfere with a woman’s health.

5. Hal Rogers:

   Most people don’t have any understanding between appropriated spending and mandatory spending, this issue is so explosive and emotional and has been so publicly discussed across the country that it is difficult to come to a conclusion.

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