mandated
Made legally necessary
Mandated means required by authority or law.
A mandated reporter must legally report suspected abuse.
Mandated training is compulsory, not optional.
The word carries bureaucratic weight—things described as mandated come with official force behind them: The state mandated vaccinations for public school students.
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- enforcedMade to be followed
- imposedForced onto others
- bindingLegally or morally required
requisite · necessary · stipulated · prescribed · dictated · required · ordered · directed
compulsory
Required, not optional
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- enforcedMade to be followed
- imposedForced onto others
binding · requisite · necessary · stipulated · prescribed · dictated · required · ordered · directed · commanded
sanctioned
Formally approved or penalized
- empoweredGiven power to act
- decreedFormally ordered by authority
- endorsedOfficially approved or supported
permitted · licensed · accredited · ratified · validated · approved · certified · chartered · commissioned · delegated
- government termslegislative, federal agencies, congressional, state agencies, parliamentary
- necessitiesbasics, essentials, need, essential, needs
- unwillingreluctant, hesitant, resistant, averse, disinclined
- summonedsummoned, called, beckoned, invoked, hailed
- legitimacylegal, validity, legitimate, lawfulness, lawful
mandatedvoluntary
Done by choice
optional · elective · discretionary · nonmandatory · forbidden
mandatedspontaneous
Arising without external cause
organic · grassroots · voluntary · self-directed · bottom-up
mandatedprohibited
Officially not permitted
forbidden · banned · outlawed · proscribed · barred
- vaccine mandatesLaws requiring protective shots
- mandatory serviceLegally required contribution
- mandatory minimumsLegally required base sentences
- public mandateVoter-granted authority to act
- vaccination mandatesLaws requiring immunization
- mask mandatePolicy requiring facial coverings