Compulsory Synonyms and Antonyms

kəm-pŭlsə-rē
Imposed on one by authority, command, or convention
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. mandatory
  2. required
  3. obligatory
  4. necessary
  5. imperative
  6. requisite
  7. binding
  8. coercive
  9. constraining
  10. prerequisite
  11. statutory
  12. unavoidable
Antonyms:
  1. discretional
  2. elective
  3. optional
  4. free
  5. liberalized
  6. liberated
  7. voluntary
  8. unstipulated
Done under force
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. forced
  2. enforced
  3. choiceless

Words Related to Compulsory

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. obligation
  2. willing
  3. compulsary
  4. non-compulsory

Compulsory Sentence Examples

  • Much, however, is effected towards unification, by compulsory military service, it being the principle that no man shall serve within the military district to which he belongs.

  • Primary education is free and secular, and is compulsory for children of 6 to 14 years.

  • Military training is compulsory on all lads over ten attending government schools.

  • Primary instruction is free but not compulsory, and the schools are supported and supervised by the states.

  • There are 22 public elementary schools for boys and 18 for girls (education being compulsory and gratuitous), with about 20,000 pupils, and 56 private schools with 5700 pupils.

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