mandatory

/mˈændətˌɔɹi/ · 4 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. required by rule
   “in most schools physical education is compulsory”

noun

1. the recipient of a mandate
2. a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves

Synonyms for mandatory

• compulsory
• required
• obligatory
• mandatary
• mandate

Words that rhyme with mandatory

• inventory
• story
• discriminatory
• glory
• quarry
• repertory
• allegory
• ambulatory
• depilatory
• dory
• hoary
• lavatory
• predatory
• repository
• territory
• admonitory
• category
• circulatory
• conciliatory
• dormitory
• gory
• inflammatory
• interrogatory
• laboratory
• lorry
• migratory
• obligatory
• observatory
• purgatory
• reformatory