Synonyms 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.

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, compulsory

   Antonyms:
   optional

3. mandatoryadjective

   Of, or relating to a mandate.

   Synonyms:
   obligatory, compulsory

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1. mandatary, mandatorynoun

   the recipient of a mandate

   Synonyms:
   mandatary, mandate

   Antonyms:
   optional

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

   Synonyms:
   mandatary, authorization, authorisation, mandate

   Antonyms:
   optional

3. compulsory, mandatory, requiredadjective

   required by rule

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

   Synonyms:
   compulsory, requisite, needful, needed, required

   Antonyms:
   optional

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1. mandatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   preceptive, directory

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1. mandatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   directory, commandatory, preceptive

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1. List of paraphrases for "mandatory":

   compulsory, obligatory, binding, peremptory, non-compensatory, required, imperative, coercive, statutory, obligation, prescriptive, enforceable, requirement, mandated

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1. Senate Republicans:

   I was in the Soviet Union, where there was no academic freedom, and this was a mandatory assigned topic, my grandmother was orphaned because Stalin sent her entire family to Siberia and they died there… I was 18, and within a year I became an anti-communist like most of my classmates. We were reading stuff that was prohibited. We were listening to Pink Floyd, which was illegal.

2. Yanzhong Huang:

   All those strategies they used to entice people to get their vaccine... may not work in this next stage of vaccination efforts, making it mandatory may be the only workable solution to the problem.

3. Sun Tzu:

   War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.

4. El?bieta Bie?kowska:

   With the new advanced safety features that will become mandatory, we can have the same kind of impact as when the safety belts were first introduced.

5. Dan Kildee:

   This pandemic is not over. As we continue to distribute vaccines, every Michigander plays a critical role to defeat this virus by wearing a mask, practicing social distancing and regularly washing their hands, while our Governor has not issued any mandatory restrictions, she has urged all Michiganders to exercise personal responsibility over the next two weeks to help slow the spread, such as forgoing indoor dining or gathering with people outside your immediate household.