Compulsory and Knowing

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Compulsory adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Knowing is an antonym for compulsory.

Nearby Words: compulsion, compulsive

Knowing adjective - Made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing.

Usage example: after giving knowing offense to people of Italian ancestry, he gave the lame excuse that it had all been a joke

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Compulsory is an antonym for knowing.

Nearby Words: know, known, knowingly

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Knowing and Compulsory. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/compulsory/knowing

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