compulsory

Meaning

Adj

1. Required; obligatory; mandatory.
2. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

Noun

Something that is compulsory or required.

Synonyms

obligatory

mandatory

forced

required

necessary

binding

indispensable

involuntary

imperative

compelled

enforce

compulsive

requisite

enforced

oblige

peremptory

restricted

stipulatory

vital

incumbent on

bound

coercive

compel

constrained

cooperative

de rigueur

enforcement

essential

forcibly

incumbent

legal

mandatary

obligated

Translations

obligatoire

obbligatorio

obligatorio

obrigatório

obligatorisch

compulsório

verplicht

إجباري

هام

حيوي

unentbehrlich

notwendig

indispensable

أساسي

obligatori

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kəmˈpʌlsəɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin compulsorius, from Latin compulsus. Displaced native Old English ġenīedelīċ.