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What is another word for
obligatory
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Required or compulsory because of custom or law
So customary or fashionable as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion
Repeated often to the point of being stale or commonplace
Necessary or very important
Bound to happen
Of the proper quality or extent
In accordance with official regulations or standard norms
Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint
Not done by one's own volition
So customary or fashionable as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion
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▲
Adjective
▲
Required or compulsory because of custom or law
mandatory
compulsory
required
necessary
imperative
requisite
forced
incumbent
binding
enforced
prescribed
demanded
involuntary
peremptory
nonelective
unavoidable
statutory
essential
inescapable
coercive
compulsatory
mandated
de rigueur
the law
stipulated
imposed
exacted
coerced
compelled
ordained
contractual
dictated
unalterable
indissoluble
irrevocable
unbreakable
enforceable
conclusive
unwilling
permanent
set
necessitated
constrained
bounden
incumbent on
counted upon
slave
compelling
conscripted
urgent
forcible
unconsenting
reluctant
grudging
begrudging
will-less
against your will
against one's wishes
obliged
impelled
invoked
charged
enjoined
executed
advocated
sanctioned
established
kept
carried out
forced upon
more ❯
“Black suits for the men are the
obligatory
dress for these events.”
Adjective
▲
So customary or fashionable as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion
customary
usual
familiar
regular
routine
popular
standard
typical
accustomed
conventional
habitual
normal
wonted
fashionable
traditional
de rigueur
common
everyday
ordinary
commonplace
frequent
general
established
expected
stock
daily
set
constant
quotidian
garden-variety
natural
run-of-the-mill
prevailing
average
prevalent
periodic
chronic
unexceptional
accepted
repeated
settled
orthodox
fixed
standard-issue
predictable
day-to-day
recurring
recurrent
common or garden
ubiquitous
characteristic
persistent
periodical
unremarkable
prosaic
vanilla
perpetual
mainstream
garden variety
workaday
household
steady
plain
continual
basic
archetypal
staple
regulation
cut-and-dried
archetypical
cut-and-dry
seasonal
stereotyped
rife
universal
stereotypical
current
mechanical
perennial
representative
continuing
methodical
going
simple
reiterative
cyclic
repetitive
continued
classic
reoccurring
typic
bog-standard
repeating
numerous
rolling
standardized
US
successive
matter-of-course
standardised
UK
oft-repeated
prescribed
rampant
obvious
confirmed
adopted
comfortable
favorite
US
favourite
UK
endemic
scheduled
ritual
gut
default
cyclical
pervasive
generic
diurnal
classical
preferred
true
garden
used
given
habituated
boilerplate
canonical
congruous
widespread
iterated
well established
intermittent
incessant
of choice
in the habit of
one-size-fits-all
monotonous
occurring often
rooted
consistent
perfunctory
repetitious
systematic
practised
UK
permanent
practiced
US
seasoned
automatic
time-honoured
recognized
US
plastic
grind
recognised
UK
so-so
white-bread
most common
more ❯
“Despite the occasional
obligatory
trumpet with a mind of its own, Lucas kept the tempos lively.”
Adjective
▲
Repeated often to the point of being stale or commonplace
hackneyed
stale
tired
trite
banal
stereotyped
threadbare
commonplace
hack
timeworn
shopworn
hackney
cliche
musty
cobwebby
well-worn
moth-eaten
unoriginal
clichéd
overworked
corny
stock
hacky
overused
platitudinous
derivative
old hat
dull
common
unimaginative
uninspired
conventional
worn out
played out
vapid
run-of-the-mill
worn-out
bromidic
pedestrian
cliché
routine
humdrum
cliché-ridden
ordinary
flat
predictable
hoary
truistic
prosaic
warmed-over
boring
stereotypical
worn
everyday
cornball
overdone
hokey
time-worn
dime-store
old
tedious
antiquated
set
familiar
bathetic
frayed
faded
repetitious
out of date
warmed-up
old-hat
familiar tune
out of the ark
past their sell-by date
defunct
uninteresting
cliché
tarnished
standard
jejune
dreary
outworn
monotonous
insipid
dated
mawkish
formulaic
passé
mundane
standardized
US
aged
tiresome
wearisome
exhausted
chain
drained
mildewed
silly
vanilla
used
standardised
UK
conventionalized
bland
uneventful
well worn
stupid
unvaried
ready-made
used-up
world-worn
trivial
ho-hum
mind-numbing
obsolete
outdated
ho hum
dull as dishwater
outmoded
quotidian
tripe
out-of-date
played-out
old-chestnut
old-saw
imitative
uncreative
ineffective
unexciting
colourless
UK
colorless
US
dry
unremarkable
drab
uninspiring
lacklustre
UK
lackluster
US
lifeless
tame
characterless
workaday
stodgy
heavy
ponderous
leaden
stuffy
jading
slow
monochromatic
tiring
arid
wearying
plain vanilla
numbing
normal
drudging
spiritless
unexceptional
usual
weary
dusty
sterile
blah
average
mediocre
unstimulating
plain
dry as dust
nondescript
undistinguished
bog-standard
stereotypic
platitudinal
wishy-washy
cliched
middle-of-the-road
customary
a dime a dozen
common or garden
no great shakes
nothing to write home about
indifferent
garden-variety
plodding
lame
featureless
typical
not up to much
mainstream
ornery
samey
so-so
barren
nothing
repetitive
unvarying
prosy
regular
nowhere
milk-and-water
vacuous
standard-issue
deadly
cut-and-dried
cut-and-dry
garden variety
half-pie
not so hot
pabulum
middling
unmemorable
matter-of-fact
passionless
banausic
inane
forgettable
dim
soporific
OK
weariful
namby-pamby
dreich
second-rate
lacking variety
draggy
lacking interest
lacking excitement
unadventurous
zero
day-to-day
lustreless
anaemic
UK
dead
lowly
terrestrial
soulless
plebeian
anemic
US
turgid
monochrome
fatiguing
underwhelming
run of the mill
unentertaining
unenjoyable
stiff
passable
wooden
depressing
unappealing
yawnsome
nitty-gritty
dullsville
lacking variation
garden
dime-a-dozen
bush-league
not much cop
big yawn
nothing to get excited about
uninventive
derived
square
simple
yawn
unsophisticated
zestless
old-fashioned
watery
lusterless
fuddy-duddy
fair
inoffensive
monotone
bloodless
undistinctive
weak
unchanging
prevalent
unanimated
medium
mechanical
pointless
tolerable
heavy-going
unnoteworthy
gray
US
grey
UK
empty
unspirited
irksome
sapless
prolix
deadening
formal
dismal
unrelieved
laborious
amateur
amateurish
innocuous
mean
laboured
UK
insignificant
labored
US
inferior
dull as ditchwater
white-bread
soul-destroying
charmless
deadly dull
plastic
run-of-the-mine
run-of-mine
second-class
whitebread
ten a penny
not very good
antwacky
cut and dried
unartistic
orthodox
passe
useless
unromantic
modest
difficult
unspecial
menial
homespun
cribbed
workday
unpretentious
vieux jeu
mindless
serious
disappointing
over-serious
treadmill
toneless
homely
formalistic
staple
uninterested
tepid
unimpressive
feeble
unmoved
overlong
blasé
humble
suburban
traditional
soft
boilerplate
unimpressed
limp
general
poor
natural
torpid
not bad
inadequate
dragging
enervating
interminable
mortal
exhausting
poky
snooze
desolate
beige
vacant
uniform
downcast
jake
meager
US
phoned in
raw
dispiriting
wintry
US
sorrowful
damp
oppressive
windy
pallid
generic
stilted
meagre
UK
nebbish
tenuous
slight
heavy-handed
wintery
UK
endless
low-grade
antiseptic
impersonal
pedantic
unfeeling
expressionless
mat
unexpressive
matte
unexcited
dulled
verbose
staid
prevailing
going
basic
current
popular
weighty
middle of the road
nothing special
clinical
uninviting
unseasoned
unpalatable
blind
muted
sentimental
not appealing
heavy going
canned
established
household
accustomed
run-of-the mill
not amounting to much
family
casual
ubiquitous
habitual
domestic
frequent
informal
unpleasant
unattractive
disagreeable
not fun
long-drawn-out
boiler plate
moderate
wonted
lead balloon
adequate
cheesy
readily available
widely available
decent
fairish
institutional
intermediate
meh
fair-to-middling
fair to middling
kitschy
shallow
glib
superficial
depthless
meaningless
artificial
hollow
straightforward
without depth
one-dimensional
businesslike
unembellished
unemotional
unadorned
deadpan
clean
more ❯
“I will finish with the
obligatory
comments about implications for American behavior.”
Adjective
▲
Necessary or very important
essential
crucial
important
necessary
key
requisite
vital
indispensable
needed
required
called for
imperative
critical
mandatory
compulsory
paramount
compelling
urgent
integral
pressing
high priority
high-priority
acute
of the essence
pivotal
fundamental
substantive
all-important
burning
central
consequential
significant
vitally important
life-and-death
of great consequence
of the utmost importance
pre-eminent
prerequisite
all important
must-have
necessitous
needful
prioritised
UK
prioritized
US
priority
basic
de rigueur
incumbent
forced
demanded
involuntary
nonelective
peremptory
compulsatory
stipulated
unavoidable
quintessential
principal
prime
chief
binding
primary
cardinal
inescapable
commanding
nonnegotiable
called-for
desired
basal
wanted
lacking
expedient
lacked
king
foremost
telling
very important
preeminent
number one
everything
irremissible
fixed
major
prescribed
intrinsic
characteristic
inherent
core
focal
structural
staple
natural
underlying
rudimental
rudimentary
profound
elementary
recommended
foundational
constitutional
elemental
constituent
salient
constitutive
innate
connected
component
statutory
at the heart of
set
enforced
meat-and-potatoes
dominant
main
serious
capital
momentous
leading
big
predominant
exigent
root
influential
far-reaching
prominent
premier
heavy
weighty
notable
radical
noteworthy
grand
considerable
supreme
overriding
top
material
powerful
great
meaningful
decisive
deep-rooted
outstanding
mighty
intense
heavy-duty
major-league
bottom-line
high-level
first
eminent
distinguished
grave
celebrated
original
seminal
primitive
monumental
noted
ruling
eventful
reputable
illustrious
imposing
ingrained
superior
top-priority
almighty
of note
noble
honoured
UK
determinative
honourable
UK
honorable
US
of consequence
big-time
deep-seated
honored
US
highly regarded
high profile
high-powered
high-ranking
big league
high-up
pertinent
substantial
large
sweeping
appreciable
native
arch
highest
exceptional
master
organic
inborn
inbred
determining
deciding
primal
respected
instrumental
dire
connate
impactful
heavyweight
renowned
true
immanent
recognized
US
famous
worthy
historic
striking
trusted
immediate
ponderous
head
top-level
senior
well-known
famed
of concern
prestigious
overruling
large-scale
esteemed
dignified
top-ranking
ultimate
formidable
iconic
hard-wired
distinctive
historical
resonant
nitty-gritty
life-changing
big-league
life and death
recognised
UK
of influence
puissant
well known
earth-shattering
life-or-death
much needed
deep
real
composing
integrant
formative
at the core of
integral to
fundamental to
central to
climacteric
inner
nuclear
huge
strategic
at the center of
conspicuous
underlined
fatal
of moment
appropriate
presiding
high
lead
supereminent
name-of-the-game
world-shaking
business-critical
mission-critical
climactic
preferred
proper
specified
coal-and-ice
desperate
major league
earnest
top-notch
primordial
initial
incumbent on
name of game
importunate
emergency
imperious
drastic
sore
impelling
extreme
big time
skookum
top-drawer
of high standing
beginning
introductory
abecedarian
terrible
clamant
driving
crying
parlous
emergent
number-one
extraordinary
of vital importance
prevailing
well-connected
notorious
prized
controlling
valued
built-in
deep-down
sustaining
axiomatic
axiological
supporting
substratal
substrative
grass-roots
theoretical
bottom
underived
groundlaying
indigenous
hardwired
engrained
a matter of life and death
very great
time-critical
congenital
elevated
incomparable
signal
first-class
alpha
rich
memorable
oratorical
magnificent
majestic
royal
upper
exalted
fabled
marvelous
US
towering
authoritative
four-star
successful
magnific
potent
phenomenal
glorious
aristocratic
upper-class
VIP
good
marvellous
UK
priceless
severe
sizable
pronounced
valuable
precious
inestimable
especial
worthwhile
pointed
irreplaceable
greatest
overshadowing
utmost
dangerous
grievous
high-profile
marked
rare
helpful
choice
serviceable
invaluable
treasured
sovereign
acclaimed
overbearing
overmastering
prodigious
extremely helpful
beyond price
extremely useful
worth its weight in gold
sovran
public
prior
topmost
of mark
well thought of
in the public eye
numero uno
most important
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Bound to happen
unavoidable
inevitable
inescapable
certain
ineluctable
sure
necessary
ineludible
fated
unescapable
unpreventable
inexorable
predetermined
predestined
assured
preordained
impending
compulsory
mandatory
required
inevasible
prescribed
obvious
manifest
set
in the bag
sure to happen
bound to happen
for sure
in the cards
open and shut
locked up
imminent
predictable
settled
expected
destined
fixed
foreseeable
decreed
ordained
reliable
guaranteed
undeniable
impreventable
fateful
unalterable
unfailing
decided
foreordained
natural
effective
irrevocable
doomed
binding
dependable
determined
ineliminable
irresistible
without recourse
all locked up
to be anticipated
to be expected
for certain
no ifs ands or buts
certain to happen
meant
intended
coming
forthcoming
near
to come
anticipated
at hand
in store
in the wind
in the air
automatic
in the offing
approaching
bound
threatening
looming
brewing
menacing
close
upcoming
overhanging
nearing
next
pending
likely
oncoming
in the stars
proximate
definite
about to happen
just around the corner
on the horizon
on the way
in the pipeline
on the cards
deterministic
clear
designed
meant to be
prospective
pre-elected
prearranged
future
planned
in prospect
gathering
nigh
fast approaching
fast-approaching
upon us
near-at-hand
looming large
on its way
will happen
probable
following
on the verge
possible
expectant
on the agenda
see it coming
immediate
just round the corner
coming up
in view
handwriting-on-the-wall
going to happen
patent
undoubted
predicted
predestinated
returnless
infallible
inerrant
determinist
prophesied
prophesized
doubtless
appointed
prejudged
no going back
like death and taxes
out of one's hands
set in stone
advancing
decided by fate
all sewn up
awaited
nailed-on
in preparation
close at hand
resulting
on us
supplied
GG
to be
dead meat
ultimate
foredoomed
up and coming
stated
predesigned
condemned
sealed
very likely
nailed on
in the course of time
undodgeable
hanging over
unfolding
que sera sera
written in the cards
that will be
that is to be
way the ball bounces
preset
preplanned
agreed
cut and dried
set up
programmed
encoded
established in advance
premeditated
pre-planned
pre-decided
calculated
proposed
arranged in advance
precogitated
forethought
decided beforehand
scheduled
pre-established
arranged
pre-agreed
deliberate
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Of the proper quality or extent
due
appropriate
fitting
proper
rightful
deserved
just
right
suitable
condign
justified
merited
becoming
correct
requisite
adequate
ample
apt
enough
sufficient
warranted
competent
satisfactory
equitable
fair
fit
good
bounden
meet
right and proper
befitting
applicable
justifiable
reasonable
seemly
worthy
earned
decent
comme il faut
fitted
deserving
suited
legitimate
apposite
happy
felicitous
qualified
well deserved
well earned
relevant
decorous
acceptable
convenient
expedient
sensible
desirable
able
capable
functional
prepared
feasible
meritorious
adapted
pertinent
ready
pretty
useful
employable
apropos
useable
available
serviceable
usable
correspondent
conformable
meriting
warranting
creditable
equal
justifying
eligible
qualified for
suitable for
rightly due
richly-deserved
well-deserved
well-earned
accepted
established
conventional
suiting
thankworthy
orthodox
formal
permitted
accurate
exact
regular
official
in principle
twenty-four carat
holding water
confirmed
necessary
vindicated
validated
opportune
perfect
advantageous
precise
propitious
favourable
UK
worthwhile
desired
prudent
ideal
golden
promising
fortunate
lucky
auspicious
de règle
providential
benign
ripe
done
timely
on the button
right on
seasonable
on the nose
that's the ticket
favorable
US
well timed
comely
best
just what was ordered
heaven-sent
exploitable
equipped
practicable
operable
preferable
good enough
-worthy
germane
to the point
congruous
spot on
kosher
well-timed
in keeping
conformed
reconciled
accommodated
conforming
beseeming
behooving
pat
neat
inspired
choice
telling
what the doctor ordered
according to Hoyle
well-chosen
well put
well expressed
well chosen
handy
cut out for
politic
okay
right up your street
well suited
user friendly
advisable
swell
fit for purpose
copacetic
righteous
in character
nice
up to snuff
presentable
up to standard
legit
commodious
best suited
in keeping with
helpful
related
beneficial
judicious
effective
sound
gainful
valid
practical
productive
rational
pragmatic
logical
reasoned
effectual
efficacious
compelling
tailor-made
just right
to the purpose
made to order
more ❯
Adjective
▲
In accordance with official regulations or standard norms
regulation
official
prescribed
standard
proper
set
acceptable
appropriate
compulsory
conventional
correct
customary
mandatory
required
fitting
fixed
usual
normal
stock
general
common
typical
regular
ordinary
traditional
routine
prevailing
prevalent
everyday
average
established
popular
familiar
orthodox
characteristic
staple
expected
standard-issue
accepted
current
universal
habitual
classic
accustomed
archetypical
classical
vanilla
going
run-of-the-mill
garden variety
acknowledged
recognized
US
confirmed
understood
basic
representative
commonplace
standardized
US
archetypal
plain
settled
standardised
UK
recognised
UK
garden-variety
common or garden
bog-standard
approved
sanctioned
authorized
US
stereotypical
unexceptional
unremarkable
household
admitted
prosaic
stipulated
true
wonted
fashionable
prescriptive
daily
mainstream
authorised
UK
time-honored
well-known
long-established
time-honoured
well worn
day-to-day
agreed upon
present
valid
agreed
simple
received
natural
matter-of-course
quotidian
endorsed
workaday
predominant
boilerplate
canonical
cut-and-dried
touted
cut-and-dry
one-size-fits-all
preferred
legit
unopposed
okayed
passed
tried and true
tried and tested
in vogue
arrived at
known
believed
renowned
identified
recognizable
US
documented
perceived
declared
allowed
remembered
predictable
realized
US
realised
UK
recognisable
UK
professed
typic
widely recognized
commonly accepted
generally accepted
frequent
chronic
wont
standard operating procedure
by the numbers
same old
according to Hoyle
in a rut
in the groove
playing it safe
quintessential
widespread
prototypical
model
undistinguished
ubiquitous
middle-of-the-road
exemplary
humdrum
ideal
dull
mundane
pedestrian
mediocre
prototypal
paradigmatic
middling
essential
stereotyped
so-so
emblematic
characterless
symbolic
indifferent
archetypic
indicative
uninspired
hackneyed
unmemorable
illustrative
fair
prototypic
banal
medium
stale
old hat
rife
modest
textbook
in character
overall
a dime a dozen
bland
colourless
UK
majority
colorless
US
nothing to write home about
formulaic
nondescript
unexciting
uneventful
generic
OK
plain vanilla
public
suggestive
no great shakes
boring
patterned
trite
rampant
passable
lacklustre
UK
tolerable
lackluster
US
unpretentious
ornery
signature
mean
par for the course
in keeping
not up to much
definitive
methodical
unoriginal
rooted
uninteresting
derivative
median
second-rate
run-of-the-mine
run-of-mine
pervasive
ruling
shared
ritual
hacky
idiosyncratic
homespun
garden
moderate
forgettable
unnoteworthy
intermediate
constant
proverbial
uninspiring
overused
proven
half-pie
ritualistic
decent
prime
distinctive
central
fundamental
well established
corny
dominant
homely
formal
insignificant
in circulation
dime-a-dozen
second-class
widely held
systematic
endemic
fair-to-middling
orderly
adequate
imitable
diagnostic
copybook
mechanical
nothing special
tired
conformist
symptomatic
not so hot
dreary
platitudinous
steady
drab
overworked
middle
vintage
comprehensive
distinguishing
sweeping
authoritative
inferior
clichéd
vulgar
plastic
collective
broad
terrestrial
unmistakable
amateur
fairish
amateurish
humble
native
neutral
midsize
midsized
determined
true to type
inveterate
worn-out
widely used
across the board
explicit
nitty-gritty
regimented
not much cop
only to be expected
fair to middling
express
nothing to get excited about
strict
adopted
scheduled
ten a penny
periodic
monotonous
defined
formalistic
primary
repeated
distinct
tame
principal
consummate
ceremonial
ultimate
consistent
unimaginative
inconspicuous
identifying
main
absolute
traditionary
preponderant
regnant
supreme
perfect
congruous
unadorned
unimpressive
well-established
favourite
UK
favorite
US
legal
particular
core
halfway
peculiar
white-bread
inherent
comfortable
old
deadpan
lowly
lawful
centre
UK
historic
domestic
plebeian
individual
discriminating
diagnostical
medial
nowhere
permanent
stable
blanket
informal
ingrained
wide
immemorial
taken for granted
global
individualistic
doctrinal
canned
ready-made
true to form
worn out
center
US
matter-of-fact
casual
sound
off-the-shelf
middle of the road
played out
not very good
what one would expect
bush-league
across-the-board
broad-brush
excellent
methodic
rehearsed
definite
precise
unspontaneous
extensive
rigid
artificial
suburban
obvious
pervading
persistent
seasonal
not bad
unspecial
unprepossessing
exact
satisfactory
lamestream
trivial
unexceptionable
practical
acquired
honored
US
anodyne
gut
default
okay
unspectacular
good
ongoing
next
derived
diurnal
certain
serviceable
straight
dinki-di
dyed-in-the-wool
acquainted
numerous
honoured
UK
O.K.
unsophisticated
mutual
jake
presentational
de rigueur
meh
inborn
local
inbred
innate
entrenched
ancient
family
recurring
threadbare
tralatitious
unextraordinary
unvaried
specific
unique
in use
best
timeworn
all right
two a penny
staid
whitebread
decided
identifiable
blank
expressionless
readily available
widely available
shopworn
run of the mill
moderately good
anticipated
foreseeable
foreseen
reliable
embraced
united
like
hack
differentiating
discriminative
plain-Jane
abiding
well known
stereotypic
likely
unsurprising
certified
ceremonious
folk
in established usage
at its best
at her best
at his best
arranged
specified
unadventurous
indistinctive
featureless
faceless
noncommittal
circulating
ancestral
common variety
cliched
overdone
individualizing
US
grind
enduring
immortal
ageless
in-between
musty
predetermined
bog standard
cornball
cliche
undoubted
uncontested
undisputed
unquestioned
canonic
deep-rooted
hackney
stock standard
intermutual
traditionalist
commutual
ceremonialistic
legitimate
appointed
midway
periodical
mean value
lasting
timeless
traditionalistic
old-fashioned
old-style
officially recognized
individualising
UK
repetitious
practised
UK
practiced
US
reiterative
automatic
perfunctory
cyclic
seasoned
to be expected
mid
prearranged
superior
institutionalized
US
institutionalised
UK
age-old
mass
intermediary
neither one thing nor the other
secure
unshakable
cobwebby
time-worn
bona fide
on the cards
… all over
afoot
mediate
midmost
tedious
flat
par
national
communal
overarching
joint
outright
about
conventionalized
memorable
unforgettable
undying
deathless
planned
dime-store
full-size
well-worn
moth-eaten
medium-sized
middle-sized
familiar tune
boiler plate
dry
assigned
recommended
bruited about
making the rounds
doing the rounds
in general use
going around
in the air
talked of
leisure
relaxed
total
epidemic
nationwide
societal
wholesale
vapid
store
insipid
cliché-ridden
on everyone's lips
lifeless
store-bought
inclusive
jejune
broad-spectrum
in force
all-round
all-around
heavy
umbrella
non-dressy
not formal
non-formal
sloppy
spiritless
off-the-rack
mass-produced
off-the-peg
blah
plodding
nothing
vacuous
prosy
dead
pabulum
lusterless
nonspecific
zero
straightforward
interdisciplinary
multidisciplinary
square
worldwide
yawn
key
existing
businesslike
unembellished
unemotional
non-specific
all-inclusive
all-purpose
all-encompassing
cross-disciplinary
nonexclusive
clean
catholic
chief
ho-hum
commonest
predominating
influential
operative
preponderating
ecumenical
all-embracing
vital
crucial
in style
in fashion
pharmacopoeial
compendial
critical
major
leading
pivotal
foremost
necessary
important
indispensable
premier
prominent
first
no-frills
number-one
most common
most typical
most usual
most frequent
most important
most prominent
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Accepting of one's legal or moral obligations and willing to do them well, and without complaint
dutiful
obedient
compliant
submissive
deferential
respectful
docile
biddable
regardful
pliant
reverential
duteous
devoted
attentive
reverent
conscientious
deferent
faithful
loyal
good
dedicated
responsible
decent
punctilious
filial
binding
well-behaved
well disciplined
well trained
incumbent on
acquiescent
amenable
tractable
yielding
accommodating
subservient
obliging
obeisant
meek
law-abiding
manageable
conformable
passive
servile
unassertive
unresisting
humble
malleable
obsequious
willing
complaisant
pliable
polite
controllable
cooperative
persuadable
governable
tame
courteous
persuasible
thoughtful
orderly
considerate
slavish
lamblike
mannerly
manipulable
civil
resigned
fawning
worshipful
resistless
agreeable
self-abasing
teachable
under the thumb
under one's thumb
gracious
at beck and call
disciplined
mild
admiring
grovelling
UK
ductile
bootlicking
ingratiating
appreciative
sycophantic
worshiping
US
subdued
awed
cowering
unquestioning
conformist
conforming
groveling
US
easy
self-effacing
milky
pious
devout
well-mannered
worshipping
UK
courtly
timid
solemn
abject
well mannered
upholding
adaptable
gentle
spiritless
loving
solicitous
unassuming
menial
accepting
longanimous
venerating
gallant
soft
observant
subordinate
chivalrous
docious
lowly
seemly
sheeplike
accordant
in one's pocket
in one's power
in one's clutches
agentic
easily influenced
easily handled
well behaved
venerational
cringing
toadying
flexible
adoring
retiring
restrained
withdrawing
truckling
ingratiatory
snivelling
UK
eager
subject
consentient
assentient
proper
peaceful
kind
downtrodden
dancing
sniveling
US
open to instruction
peaceable
at one's mercy
a slave to
civilized
US
civilised
UK
trusting
gullible
workable
caring
impressionable
understanding
kindly
sympathetic
tender
mindful
decorous
suggestible
game
helpful
standing
regarding
respecting
easily swayed
quiet
easygoing
mellow
well brought up
well-brought-up
responsive
cool
usable
childlike
complacent
laid-back
non-resisting
weak-kneed
easily manipulated
patient
forbearing
spineless
supine
domesticated
obeying
bowing down
uncomplaining
nonresisting
nonresistant
comformable
giving-in
complying
kowtowing
surrendering
amiable
placable
trainable
disciplinable
handleable
honoring
US
hearsome
honouring
UK
well-trained
under control
wrapped around finger
on a string
susceptible
influenceable
tolerant
receptive
unresistant
easy-going
tolerating
trained
susceptive
suasible
demure
lenient
placid
pacific
like putty in your hands
assenting
forgiving
calm
serene
indulgent
benign
unprotesting
long-suffering
easily led
supple
go-with-the-flow
transformable
bendy
modest
tameable
pleasant
tamable
conciliatory
amendable
naive
open
enduring
convincible
compassionate
non-resistant
nonviolent
assentive
charitable
moderate
unobtrusive
harmless
easily persuaded
moldable
unambitious
friendly
non-confrontational
mild-mannered
good-natured
putty in one's hands
rolls with punches
consenting
well-disciplined
quiescent
compromising
untroublesome
mouldable
spongy
acceding
submitting
agreeing
approving
inexperienced
plastic
unformed
stoic
bendable
chilled
unpretentious
stoical
equable
acquiescing
affable
willing to compromise
taught
ready
shy
cowed
permissive
benevolent
open to change
generous
disciplinal
disciplinary
Uriah Heepish
softhearted
rolling with punches
forbearant
sheepish
supplicatory
diffident
sensitive
ingenuous
unsuspecting
warmhearted
good-tempered
good-humoured
UK
good-humored
US
angelic
timorous
hesitant
tentative
apprehensive
fearful
unoffensive
credulous
easy-oasy
mim
self-conscious
down-to-earth
exploitable
pushover
prone
selfless
tender-hearted
neutral
innocent
deceivable
soft-hearted
with the patience of Job
impressible
dupable
clement
controlled
pardoning
merciful
pampering
liberal
temperate
unburdensome
unsuspicious
mollycoddling
humoring
US
spoiling
excusing
light
condoning
deludable
fleeceable
lax
unoppressive
humouring
UK
ruly
wide-eyed
tranquil
over-trustful
over-trusting
non-violent
dominated
browbeaten
subjugated
bullied
instructible
able to be influenced
easily deceived
easily taken in
oppressed
at peace
intimidated
repressed
easily taken advantage of
readily taken advantage of
nagged
constrained
uxorious
domestic
henpecked
educable
tamed
led by the nose
tied to someone's apron strings
subjected to nagging
ground down
wife-ridden
under someone's heel
treated like dirt
without a mind of one's own
in fear of one's partner
housebroken
broken
pet
house-trained
not wild
broken-in
used to humans
not fierce
used to human contact
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not done by one's own volition
bounden
obliged
obligated
beholden
bound
indebted
pledged
committed
under obligation
duty-bound
in someone's debt
under an obligation
compelled
required
forced
contracted
urged
under compulsion
honour-bound
responsible
tied
indentured
enslaved
called by duty
owing a favor
in debt
in hock
without any option
on a string
on the tab
constrained
regulated
made
necessitated
owing
commanded
pressed
driven
ordered
directed
impelled
governed
ruled
having no alternative
restrained
coerced
under necessity
articled
grateful
chargeable
liable
accountable
owed
hooked
appreciative
thankful
answerable for
honor-bound
answerable
subject
amenable
apprenticed
supervised by
managed by
promised
enforced
blameworthy
culpable
censurable
guilty
faulty
punishable
blamable
legally responsible
at fault
to blame
subject to blame
more ❯
Adjective
▲
So customary or fashionable as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion
de rigueur
customary
usual
standard
conventional
orthodox
done
ubiquitous
necessary
required
right
normal
comme il faut
a must
au fait
called for
socially obligatory
conforming to accepted standards
familiar
routine
regular
typical
popular
habitual
wonted
accustomed
fashionable
traditional
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