Synonyms for Mandatory:

• adj.

  •authoritative (adjective)
  • sovereign,
  • bureaucratic,
  • ex cathedra,
  • ex officio,
  • departmental.
  •binding (adjective)
  • in-dissoluble,
  • in dissoluble,
  • un-alterable,
  • un alterable.
  •compulsory (adjective)
  • more compulsatory,
  • most compulsatory.
  •de rigueur (adjective)
  • conforming to accepted standards,
  • a must,
  • conforming accepted standards.
  •forced (adjective)
  • in sincerer,
  • more conscripted,
  • in sincerest,
  • more compelled,
  • in-sincere,
  • in-sincerer,
  • be-grudging,
  • in sincere,
  • be grudging,
  • in flexible,
  • un willing,
  • more coerced,
  • in-flexible,
  • un-natural,
  • most grudging,
  • in-sincerest,
  • most begrudging,
  • insincere,
  • slavest,
  • in voluntary,
  • in-voluntary,
  • more grudging,
  • most coerced,
  • most conscripted,
  • most compelled,
  • un-willing,
  • more begrudging.
  •hard-and-fast (adjective)
  • hard and fast,
  • set in concrete.
  •imperious (adjective)
  • over weening,
  • over-weening,
  • ex acting,
  • high-handed,
  • high handed,
  • ex-acting,
  • overweening.
  •necessary (adjective)
  • in dispensable,
  • most bottom-line,
  • un avoidable,
  • needful,
  • more necessary,
  • most bottomline,
  • allimportant,
  • most all-important,
  • more bottom line,
  • para-mount,
  • more bottomline,
  • more all important,
  • name game,
  • most allimportant,
  • more allimportant,
  • most all important,
  • bottomline,
  • more bottom-line,
  • all important,
  • in-dispensable,
  • para mount,
  • un-avoidable,
  • more all-important,
  • wanted,
  • most bottom line.
  •obligatory (adjective)
  • imperative,
  • pressing,
  • indispensable,
  • requisite,
  • inevitable,
  • constraining.
  •prerequisite (adjective)
  • of essence,
  • pre requisite.
  •required (adjective)
  • Stipulated,
  • inexorable,
  • involuntary,
  • essential,
  • proviso,
  • must,
  • inescapable.
  •required/requisite (adjective)
  • more condign,
  • de-served,
  • re commended,
  • most demanded,
  • pre-scribed,
  • pre scribed,
  • re-commended,
  • de served,
  • most condign,
  • more demanded.

• n.

  •
  • common-law,
  • civil,
  • extraterritorial,
  • effective,
  • extrajudicial,
  • enabling,
  • forensic,
  • antitrust,
  • criminally,
  • criminal.
  •
  • obligation.
  •mandatary (noun)
  • mandatary.
  •mandate (noun)
  • mandate.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • authorisation,
  • decree,
  • drastically,
  • authority,
  • Forcedly,
  • compulsorily,
  • dictated,
  • instructive,
  • critical,
  • kingdom,
  • ally,
  • ineluctable,
  • central,
  • give,
  • Choiceless,
  • order,
  • didactic,
  • realm,
  • enforce,
  • province,
  • prescript,
  • Cogently,
  • dukedom,
  • body politic,
  • key,
  • irrefutable,
  • Irremissible,
  • accepted,
  • fundamental,
  • conclusively,
  • needed,
  • Decretal,
  • employ,
  • commanding,
  • demonstratively,
  • pivotal,
  • compulsive,
  • forcefully,
  • statutory,
  • firmly,
  • utilize,
  • command,
  • instruction,
  • prescribed,
  • empire,
  • constrain,
  • city-state,
  • irrevocable,
  • sure,
  • apply,
  • authorization,
  • liable,
  • crucial,
  • imposed,
  • compel,
  • physically,
  • power,
  • Demanded,
  • Preceptive,
  • satellite,
  • conclusive,
  • polity,
  • license,
  • POLIS,
  • peremptory,
  • certain,
  • colony,
  • bidding,
  • approval,
  • of the essence,
  • mightily,
  • dynamically,
  • domain,
  • nation,
  • coercive,
  • canonical,
  • nationality,
  • rubric,
  • land,
  • violently,
  • utilise,
  • commission,
  • official,
  • convincingly,
  • compelling,
  • superpower,
  • clearly,
  • commandment,
  • Entailed,
  • mandatorily,
  • state,
  • settlement,
  • charge,
  • ultimate,
  • permission,
  • hold,
  • forcibly,
  • demanding,
  • possession,
  • county,
  • commonweal,
  • prescriptive,
  • basic,
  • decisive,
  • urgent,
  • Commanded,
  • exigent,
  • edict,
  • strongly,
  • vital,
  • energetically,
  • absolute,
  • importunate,
  • chieftaincy,
  • mandated,
  • final,
  • regulation,
  • incumbent,
  • bounden,
  • impose,
  • powerfully,
  • republic,
  • without choice,
  • duchy,
  • Decretory,
  • sultanate,
  • unavoidable,
  • fiercely,
  • enforced,
  • buffer state,
  • protectorate,
  • consequential,
  • principality,
  • Formulary,
  • standard,
  • necessitous,
  • sine qua non,
  • commonwealth,
  • implement,
  • emphatically,
  • injunction,
  • sanction,
  • obligatorily,
  • cardinal,
  • incontrovertible,
  • execute.

Paraphrases for Mandatory:

• Equivalence

  • Cardinal number
    compulsory.
  • Determiner
    compulsory.
  • Adjective
    compulsory.
  • Proper noun, singular
    compulsory.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    compulsory.
  • Adverb
    compulsory.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    peremptory, non-compensatory, compelling, prescriptive, indispensable, compensatory, constraining, restrictive, non-discretionary, prescribed, non-compulsory, requisite, obligate, overarching, essential, regulatory, duty-bound, stringent, optional, burdensome, imposed, overriding, required, legally-binding, mandated, imposing, crucial, Executory.
  • Proper noun, singular
    rules, powers, Les, required, mandated.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    non-compensatory, Les, regulatory, constraint, required.
  • Verb, past tense
    required, mandated.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    needs, requires, includes.

Antonyms for Mandatory:

• adj.

  • required, necessary
    inessential, unforced, optional, voluntary, secondary, free.
  • Other antonyms:
    elective, dispensable, unneeded, nonessential, unnecessary, unimportant, unwanted, chosen, insignificant, inconsequential.

Homophones for Mandatory:

• maunder, maitreya, madder, Mammee Tree, meander, man-eater, minatory, menander, meadow rue, mindoro, mentor, mudder, metro, monandry, meeter, many another, minter, mandara, meteor, mandator, monterrey, minotaur, mediator, metre, motorway, mutterer, mithra, monetary, mater, mantra, mid-water, Mata Hari, Mediatory, mitra, medawar, mother, minder, metatheria, miter, motor, mitre, meter, mounter, matter, m-theory, miniature, mutter, manta ray, momentary, mandatary, mature, metier, midair, mudra, monitory, maeandra, madeira, monitor, manometer, motor area, monterey, manumitter, matador, mender.