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Synonyms for obligatory
əˈblɪg əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈɒb lɪ gə-oblig·a·to·ry

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  1. obligatoryadjective

    Antonyms:
    optional

  2. obligatoryadjective

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    optional

  3. obligatoryadjective

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. obligatoryadjective

    morally or legally constraining or binding

    "attendance is obligatory"; "an obligatory contribution"

    Antonyms:
    ex gratia, nonobligatory, unneeded, optional, unnecessary, nonmandatory, elective, facultative

  2. obligatoryadjective

    required by obligation or compulsion or convention

    "he made all the obligatory apologies"

    Antonyms:
    facultative, optional, unneeded, ex gratia, elective, nonobligatory, nonmandatory, unnecessary

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. obligatoryadjective

    Synonyms:
    binding, coercive

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 1 vote

  1. obligatoryadjective

    Synonyms:
    binding, incumbent, imperative, coercive

    Antonyms:
    optional, discretional

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "obligatory":

    compulsory, mandatory, binding, non-compensatory

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How to use obligatory in a sentence?

  1. Sabri Teweila:

    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.

  2. Ronald Levant:

    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.

  3. Marcelo Crivella:

    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.

  4. Lewis Lapham:

    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.

  5. Daniel Akbari:

    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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