obligatory
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
morally or legally constraining or binding
attendance is obligatory
Related & opposite
- necessary also see
- optional antonym
- bounden similar to
- mandatory similar to
- de rigueur similar to
- imposed similar to
- incumbent onp similar to
- indispensable similar to
- prerequisite similar to
Sense 2 adjective
required by obligation or compulsion or convention
he made all the obligatory apologies
Related & opposite
- necessary similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | necessary |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | optional |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | bounden |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | mandatory |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | de rigueur |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | imposed |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | incumbent onp |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | indispensable |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | prerequisite |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | necessary |