required
Must be done
Required means necessary or demanded by rule, law, or circumstance.
A required course must be taken to graduate.
Required reading is assigned, not optional.
The word often appears in bureaucratic or institutional contexts: All required documents must be submitted by Friday.
Something required is obligatory rather than merely recommended.
Required by rule
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- enforcedMade to be followed
- imposedForced onto others
- statutoryEstablished by enacted law
binding · conscripted · involuntary · coerced · decreed · commanded · dictated · regulated
Indispensable, cannot omit
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- fundamentalForming the base
- integralAntiderivative or crucial component
core · key · basic · inherent · intrinsic · constitutive · underlying · elementary
Necessary prior requirement
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- preparatoryDone before something else
- introductoryServing as a beginning
- foundationalServing as a base
groundwork · basics · rudimentary · antecedent · prior · preceding · forerunner · stepping-stone
Required with force
- stipulatedRequired as a condition
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- requestedAsked for specifically
- incumbentCurrent position holder
due · owed · anticipated · customary · standard · conventional · protocol · norm
mandatory
Required by rule
- obligatoryRequired by rule
- enforcedMade to be followed
- imposedForced onto others
statutory · binding · conscripted · involuntary · coerced · decreed · commanded · dictated · regulated · compelled
necessary
Indispensable, cannot omit
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
- vitalEssential or sustaining existence
- fundamentalForming the base
integral · core · key · basic · inherent · intrinsic · constitutive · underlying · elementary · primary
precondition
Necessary prior requirement
- preliminaryBefore the main part
- preparatoryDone before something else
- introductoryServing as a beginning
foundational · groundwork · basics · rudimentary · antecedent · prior · preceding · forerunner · stepping-stone · qualification
demanded
Required with force
- stipulatedRequired as a condition
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- requestedAsked for specifically
incumbent · due · owed · anticipated · customary · standard · conventional · protocol · norm · obligation
- meeting termsmeeting, agenda, minutes, RSVP, attendee
- normsnorm, norms, standard, social norms, rule
- obligationmandatory, obligatory, compulsory, optional, voluntary
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
- mandatory thingsmandatory, obligatory, compulsory, necessary, essential
- Courseselective, core course, introductory, advanced course, seminar
requiredunnecessary
Not essential or required
unneeded · needless · nonessential · inessential · superfluous
requiredoptional
Not mandatory
voluntary · elective · discretionary · noncompulsory · nonmandatory
requiredextra
Additional, beyond necessary
spare · bonus · supplementary · additional · excess
- required readingAssigned essential literature
- not requiredNot mandatory
- nutritional requirementsNecessary food components
- language requirementsMandated communication proficiency standards
- system requirementsMandatory technical prerequisites
- permit requirementsConditions for authorization
require, requirement, requiring, requires, requirements, nonrequired