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Synonyms for obligatory
əˈblɪg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒb lɪ gə-oblig·a·to·ry
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obligatoryadjective
morally or legally constraining or binding
"attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"
Antonyms:
ex gratia, nonobligatory, unneeded, optional, unnecessary, nonmandatory, elective, facultativeobligatoryadjective
required by obligation or compulsion or convention
"he made all the obligatory apologies"
Antonyms:
facultative, optional, unneeded, ex gratia, elective, nonobligatory, nonmandatory, unnecessary
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
obligatoryadjective
Synonyms:
binding, incumbent, imperative, coerciveAntonyms:
optional, discretional
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "obligatory":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2435 | binding | |
#6240 | mandatory | |
#11526 | compulsory | |
#23825 | obligatory |
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Before the dollar crisis, we used to pay for the cost of raw materials by writing letters of credit ... We would then import the materials and pay the rest of the money after the shipment is received, now, it's obligatory to pay the entire cost before shipment. The economic crisis negatively affected agreements with foreign countries.
They have to know that it's not obligatory, that they can be who they are, and that there's not a set of predetermined personality traits they have to meet.
Our appeal is that the clubs who think they shouldn't return are not punished, the opening phase is not obligatory, if a player that is obliged to return turns up tomorrow with COVID-19 and dies then people are going to say, we came back too soon.
Under the rules of a society that cannot distinguish between profit and profiteering, between money defined as necessity and money defined as luxury, murder is occasionally obligatory and always permissible.
Since it is obligatory to bury a Muslim’s dead body, many Islamic institutions will probably be willing to do the burial, some might be cautious and wait to see if others do the job. But what is certain is that Farook and his wife will be buried in an Islamic way.
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