Synonyms for optional
ˈɒp ʃə nlop·tion·al

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1. optionaladjective

   Antonyms:
   compulsory, mandatory, obligatory

2. optionaladjective

   On that beach clothing is entirely optional.

   Antonyms:
   mandatory, compulsory, obligatory

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1. optional

   Synonyms:
   casual, contingent, needless, non-essential, unnecessary, useless, worthless

   Antonyms:
   essential, indispensable, inevitable, infallible, necessary, needed, needful, required, requisite, unavoidable, undeniable

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1. optionaladjective

   possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

   Antonyms:
   bounden, indispensable, prerequisite, mandatory, compulsory, incumbent on(p), required, imposed, obligatory, de rigueur

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1. optionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   discretional, elective

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1. optionaladjective

   Synonyms:
   discretional, elective

   Antonyms:
   compulsory, coercive, obligatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "optional":

   facultative, voluntary, discretionary, elective, non-mandatory, option, permissive, opcat

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1. Beaverton Superintendent Don Grotting:

   I'm here to support you in any way and I'm at your convenience. But I do want you to know and I do want the message to get out there that this [anti-racism training] isn’t optional anymore, we've waited for the willing, and if you're not willing, maybe this isn't the right place for you to work. I'll just put it like that – maybe we can free up your future, because if we're going to become an anti-racist school district, it can't just be a few people, it's got to be everybody, to include our staff, to include our students, and our community, eventually everyone.

2. Max Lucado:

   Conflict is inevitable, but combat is optional.

3. Steven Mnuchin:

   It's not an optional tax, you pay the safe harbor as opposed to paying something else. People may pay a little bit more in a safe harbor knowing they have tax certainty.

4. Communications Benny Smith:

   The sessions referenced were created to provide support to our diverse RA community. Specifically, the BIPOC support group was created at the request of students, all our support sessions are completely optional and open to all RAs, regardless of race or ethnicity, to discuss different perspectives and experiences. All the support sessions are organized with the assistance of staff from WCU’s Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) department.

5. Carolyn Fairbairn:

   We really need a decision on airport capacity, it's urgent and it's not optional.