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Optional

🔄 Synonyms of "Optional"

5 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
facultative	Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
ex gratia	Given as a favour; given as a gift.
electivenoun	Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
nonmandatory	Not mandatory.
nonobligatory	Not obligatory.

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
obligatory	Imposing obligation, legally, morally, or otherwise; binding; mandatory.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
elective	Of, or pertaining to voting or elections; involving a choice between options.
facultative	Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective.
ex gratia	Given as a favour; given as a gift.
nonobligatory	Not obligatory.
nonmandatory	Not mandatory.
choice	Especially good or preferred.
optionnoun	One of a set of choices that can be made.
selective	(of a person) Choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
optverb	(intransitive) To choose; select.
voluntary	Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
selectable	Capable of being selected.
self-imposed	Voluntarily imposed upon oneself.
discretionary	Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.
compulsory	Required; obligatory; mandatory.
alternative	Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
mandatory	obligatory; required or commanded by authority.
arbitrary	(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
permissive	Giving permission, or predisposed to give it; lenient.
additional	Supplemental or added to something.
add-onnoun	(computer hardware, software) A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system.