nonmandatory C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /nɑnˈmændəˌtɔri/ UK /nɒnˈmændətəri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj not required; optional The training session was nonmandatory but well attended. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · not required; optional optionalvoluntarydiscretionaryelectivenonobligatory ↔ Opposites mandatorycompulsoryobligatoryrequired Word family Related forms mandatorymandate Etymology AI details From non- ('not') + mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandare ('to command, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). non Latin mandare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # nonmandatory **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /nɑnˈmændəˌtɔri/ **IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈmændətəri/ ## Meanings 1. not required; optional ## Examples - The training session was nonmandatory but well attended. ## Synonyms - optional - voluntary - discretionary - elective - nonobligatory ## Antonyms - mandatory - compulsory - obligatory - required ## Related Forms - mandatory - mandate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: non - Root: mandare ## Etymology From non- ('not') + mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandare ('to command, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). ## AI Etymology Nonmandatory is from non- ('not') + mandatory, from Late Latin mandatorius, from Latin mandare ('to command, entrust'), from manus ('hand') + dare ('to give'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and mandare (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not required; optional. The wider family includes related words such as mandatory and mandate. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown