compulsory
Required; obligatory; mandatory.
Example
“The ten-dollar fee was compulsory.”
Other meanings
Having the power of compulsion; constraining.
“Such compulsory measures are limited.”
Synonyms
- mandatory
- required
Related words
- compulsorily
- compulsoriness
- compulsoryness
- noncompulsory
- semicompulsory
- uncompulsory
- compulsory acquisition
- compulsory education
- compulsory heterosexuality
- compulsory purchase
- compulsory purchase order
- non-compulsory
Word history
From Latin "compulsus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “compulsory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.