Obligatory

/əˈblɪɡətɔɹi/

Synonyms for "obligatory" (141 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Verb(1 words)
Adjective(12 words)
binding agreementbinding clausebinding legal rulebinding vowcompulsorycompulsory assessmentcompulsory examcompulsory laborcompulsory marriagecompulsory taskconventionalcore module
Noun(10 words)
binding contractbinding decisionbinding effectbinding instrumentcatalan obligaciócommittalcommunity-service activitycommunity-service workcourt orderedcourt-ordered service
Adjective(1 words)

Strong matches (42)

Noun(5 words)
court-ordered taskforced marchforced readinggovernment ministriesgraduation requirement
Adjective(13 words)
crucial evidencedistrict-mandated scheduledueenforceableenforceable descriptoressential questionsessential service provisionexpectedforced laborforced responsegovernment-mandatedgovernment-mandated programincumbent arrangement
Verb(4 words)
enforce civil order guidelinesenforcedentailingform a binding agreement
Adjective(1 words)

Related words (70)

Adjective(29 words)
legal obligationmandated servicemandated textmandatorymandatory actmandatory assignmentmandatory attendancemandatory biology unitsmandatory clausemandatory community servicemandatory policymandatory servicemandatory testingmandatory trainingnecessaryneedfulnormativerequiredrequired courserequired reading
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required servicesocial obligationstatutory codestatutory corpusstatutory guidelinestatutory measurestatutory reportingstatutory requirementsunavoidable
Noun(17 words)
legally mandatedlegally requiredmaintenance schedulemandatarymore compulsorymore mandatorymost requirednecessary conditionsobbligatoobligatopublic noticepublicly mandatedrequired textrequired-reading assignmentrequired-reading schedulestate law code provisionsstudent force reading
Adjective(1 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most forced reading
Adverb(1 words)
most frequent value

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries
curriculum requirementrequirementsocial norm

More specific

6 entries
course requirementlab reportlegal obligationmidterm exampolite greetingproper introduction

Collocations

5 entries
obligatory assignmentobligatory attendanceobligatory courseobligatory policyobligatory reading

Inflections

2 entries
more obligatorymost obligatory

Derivations

4 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

10 entries

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

If school wasn't obligatory, I would stop going there.

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Presence of all members is obligatory.

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One may add matres lectionis when the word could be ambiguous, but surely it is not obligatory.

Source: tatoeba (2005116)

Is it obligatory to rent a car?

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