Each member of the city council received an annual allocation of discretionary funds which could be used to support special projects in their respective council districts.
Source: tatoeba (3028918)
Discretionary
//dɪsˈkɹɛʃəˌnɛɹi//
Synonyms for "discretionary" (44 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (9)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
derived
7 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 13 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- discrecional adj (available at one's discretion)
Czech
2 entries- ke zvážení adj (available at one's discretion)
- na zvážení adj (available at one's discretion)
Danish
1 entries- diskretionær adj (available at one's discretion)
Finnish
1 entries- harkinnanvarainen adj (available at one's discretion)
French
1 entries- discrétionnaire adj (available at one's discretion)
Hungarian
4 entries- (saját/szabad) belátása/megítélése szerinti adj (available at one's discretion)
- belátás szerinti adj (available at one's discretion)
- diszkrecionális adj (available at one's discretion)
- megítélés szerinti adj (available at one's discretion)
Icelandic
3 entries- að eigin ákvörðun adj (available at one's discretion)
- geðþótta adj (available at one's discretion)
- valinn að vild adj (available at one's discretion)
Italian
1 entries- discrezionale adj (available at one's discretion)
Polish
2 entries- dyskrecjonalny adj (available at one's discretion)
- uznaniowy adj (available at one's discretion)
Portuguese
4 entries- discricionário adj (available at one's discretion)
- irrestrita adj (available at one's discretion)
- irrestritas adj (available at one's discretion)
- irrestrito adj (available at one's discretion)
Russian
1 entries- предоставленный на собственное усмотре́ние adj (available at one's discretion)
Spanish
1 entries- discrecional adj (available at one's discretion)
Welsh
1 entries- diamod adj (available at one's discretion)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The company owner had great faith in Tom's discretionary abilities, so he was granted the authority to exercise his own judgment in handling difficult and sensitive problems as he saw fit.
Source: tatoeba (3035299)
The court ruled that the mayor's decision to use public funds to make a loan to assist a local business, which shortly afterward declared bankruptcy, had been within the scope of the mayor's discretionary powers in the normal discharge of his duties.
Source: tatoeba (3035302)
discretionary income
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 6 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.