Communication
Synonyms for compulsory
The synonym for compulsory recorded in this bank is required, in the sense "required by rule". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.
The synonym for compulsory
- requiredadjective, in the sense "required by rule"
A single pair, which is what a single sense earns. Words further down the page are near misses and are not synonyms for compulsory.
required by rule
In most schools physical education is compulsory.
The true synonym
required
Same sentence, swapped: In most schools physical education is required.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where compulsory stands in the sentence above.
- irresistible
- compelling
- exigent
Where compulsory turns up in the game
compulsory is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play compulsory
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