What are the opposite words for optional?
Antonyms for the word "optional" include mandatory, necessary, compulsory, and required. If something is mandatory, it means it must be done or complied with according to rules, laws, or customs. Necessary implies that something is essential, required, or needed. Compulsory suggests that something is required by authority, law, or obligation. Required means that something is needed or demanded in a particular situation or context. These antonyms highlight the opposite meanings of optional, which implies that something is not required but instead left up to personal choice or preference. Understanding these antonyms can help clarify the meaning of optional and how it relates to other concepts.
- compulsory
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important
- burning,
- front page,
- of note,
- bigleague,
- ex tensive,
- far reaching,
- farreaching,
- front-page,
- frontpage,
- mattering much,
- more esteemed,
- more front page,
- more front-page,
- more frontpage,
- more something,
- most esteemed,
- most front page,
- most front-page,
- most frontpage,
- most something,
- of substance,
- para mount,
- para-mount,
- re levant,
- re-levant.
- required
- binding
- essential
- irresistible
- logical
- mandatory
-
necessary
- all-important,
- binding,
- imperative,
- inerrant,
- prerequisite,
- required,
- Ineludible,
- Inevasible,
- Returnless,
- unescapable,
- all important,
- allimportant,
- bottom-line,
- bottomline,
- in errant,
- in fallible,
- in-errant,
- in-exorable,
- in-fallible,
- more all important,
- more bottom-line,
- more ineludible,
- more inerrant,
- more inevasible,
- more necessary,
- more returnless,
- more unescapable,
- most all important,
- most all-important,
- most allimportant,
- most bottom line,
- most bottom-line,
- most ineludible,
- most inerrant,
- most inevasible,
- most returnless,
- most unescapable,
- name game,
- name of game,
- un deniable,
- un escapable,
- un-deniable,
- un-escapable.
- unavoidable
- crucial
- imperative
- needed
-
pressing
- hurry-up,
- ex acting,
- ex-acting,
- heat on,
- heat-on,
- hurryup,
- more claiming,
- more constraining,
- more heat on,
- more heat-on,
- more heaton,
- more hurry up,
- more hurry-up,
- more hurryup,
- most claiming,
- most constraining,
- most forcing,
- most heat on,
- most heat-on,
- most heaton,
- most hurry up,
- most hurry-up,
- re quiring,
- re-quiring.
- urgent
-
vital
- life-or-death,
- namer,
- coal and ice,
- coal-and-ice,
- life or death,
- meat-and-potatoes,
- more coal-and-ice,
- more life or death,
- more life-or-death,
- more meat-and-potatoes,
- more name of the game,
- more name-of-the-game,
- more nitty gritty,
- more nittygritty,
- more underlined,
- most coal and ice,
- most coal-and-ice,
- most life or death,
- most life-or-death,
- most meat-and-potatoes,
- most name of the game,
- most nitty gritty,
- most nitty-gritty,
- most nittygritty,
- most underlined,
- name-of-the-game,
- nitty gritty,
- nittygritty,
- under lined,
- under-lined.
- wanted
- all
- required/requisite
- critical, important
- important, vital
- prerequisite
- valuable, substantial
- probable, reasonable
- required, necessary
- essential, required
- possible; available as choice
- important; urgent
- bound to happen
- needing immediate attention
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
hath number
- Antonyms:
- estimate, guess, subtract.
