'Compulsory' definitions:
Definition of 'compulsory'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Compulsory'
From: GCIDE
- Compulsory \Com*pul"so*ry\, a. [LL. compulsorius.]
- 1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to compulsion. [1913 Webster]
- This contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'compulsory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- binding,
- choiceless,
- coactive,
- compelling,
- compulsatory,
- compulsive,
- conclusive,
- constraining,
- decisive,
- decretory,
- dictated,
- driving,
- entailed,
- exigent,
- final,
- hard-and-fast,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- importunate,
- imposed,
- inevitable,
- involuntary,
- irresistible,
- irrevocable,
- mandated,
- mandatory,
- must,
- necessary,
- necessitous,
- obligatory,
- peremptory,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- pressing,
- required,
- restraining,
- ultimate,
- urgent,
- without appeal,
- without choice