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

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1. obligatoryadjective

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   optional

2. obligatoryadjective

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3. obligatoryadjective

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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

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1. obligationadjective

   Submitted by Jkullack on April 16, 2024  

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1. obligatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   binding, coercive

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1. obligatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   binding, incumbent, imperative, coercive

   Antonyms:
   optional, discretional

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1. List of paraphrases for "obligatory":

   compulsory, mandatory, binding, non-compensatory

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How to use obligatory in a sentence?

1. President Francois Hollande:

   We have proposed, with German Chancellor (Angela) Merkel, a permanent and obligatory mechanism. I believe that today what exists is no longer enough and there are countries ... who do not assume their moral obligations so we will need to go further.

2. President Ivan Duque:

   Between May 11 and May 25 we will extend the obligatory preventative isolation but recover space for productive life.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Angel Kunchev:

   We plan to lift the obligatory quarantine for Bulgarians returning from abroad and for travellers from the European Union countries and Serbia and North Macedonia, we will keep it for the eight EU countries that have the biggest registered cases in the past two weeks.