Compulsory
Compulsory adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.
Designed and compulsory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Designed" instead an adjective "Compulsory".
Nearby Words: compulsion, compulsive
Designed
Designed adjective - Done or made or performed with purpose and intent.
Compulsory and designed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Compulsory" instead an adjective "Designed".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut: Body-numbing pills, originally designed to keep monkeys from behaving in an unseemly fashion in front of visiting schoolchildren and grandmothers, have become compulsory to stop people from having sex.
Source: No Sex Allowed
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