Optional and Prescriptive

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Optional adjective - Subject to one's freedom of choice.

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Prescriptive is an antonym for optional.

Nearby Words: option, optionally

Prescriptive adjective - Based on customs usually handed down from a previous generation.

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Optional is an antonym for prescriptive.

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Prescriptive and Optional. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/optional/prescriptive

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