Antonyms for mandatory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : man-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmæn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Definition of mandatory

Origin : 1570s, "of the nature of a mandate," from Late Latin mandatorius "pertaining to a mandator," from Latin mandatus, past participle of mandare (see mandate (n.)). Sense of "obligatory because commanded" is from 1818.

adj required, necessary

Example sentences :

Pentecost was one of the great feasts in Israel, and was of mandatory observance.
Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage

Rock's advice carried a mandatory note which was not lost upon his auditor.
Extract from : « El Diablo » by Brayton Norton

But among the Hebrews the requirement was mandatory and imperative.
Extract from : « The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) » by Walter M. Chandler

They asked that the mandatory should be England, but England had too much on her hands.
Extract from : « The Problem of Foreign Policy » by Gilbert Murray

March echoed, as people are apt to do with a question that is mandatory and offensive.
Extract from : « The March Family Trilogy, Complete » by William Dean Howells

German New Guinea (now a British mandatory) lies not far away.
Extract from : « The Pacific Triangle » by Sydney Greenbie

But in 1901 Minnesota enacted a state-wide, mandatory primary law.
Extract from : « The Boss and the Machine » by Samuel P. Orth

There is practically no limit to this form of mandatory boycott.
Extract from : « The Armies of Labor » by Samuel P. Orth

Again, the referendum may be mandatory or advisory in character.
Extract from : « Government in the United States » by James Wilford Garner

The Peace Conference seems to have given us a new word in "mandatory."
Extract from : « The Opium Monopoly » by Ellen Newbold La Motte

Synonyms for mandatory

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