MANDATES Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of mandate

as in accreditations

the granting of power to perform various acts or duties the committee has been given a mandate to reform the process for admitting applicants to the university

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mandate

as in orders

to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members

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Recent Examples of mandates

Noun

With very few exceptions, an end was declared, not only to empires, but also to city-states, duchies, principalities, emirates, sultanates, caliphates, khanates, agencies, princely states, colonies, suzerains, dependencies, mandates, tributaries, condominia and protectorates. —

Literary Hub, 18 May 2026 Beauty pageants are added because +40 female adds to their mandates. —

Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026 Under the terms of the agreement—the first MOU of its kind signed by the two parties—the BGMEA and GIZ will work together to prepare factories to meet emerging European Union market mandates such as supply chain due diligence, traceability, circularity and decarbonization. —

Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 15 May 2026 Workers who accepted return-to-office mandates after years of remote work are discovering that the cost of commuting can wipe out the financial benefit of raises. —

Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 For years, lawmakers piled taxes, regulations, labor mandates, environmental restrictions, and production costs onto the entertainment industry—then acted shocked when film production fled to Georgia, Canada, Britain, and Eastern Europe. —

Will Swaim, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 With ongoing area development and return-to-office mandates driving residents and corporate workers back to Atlanta’s center, more great restaurants have migrated to the area to meet the demand. —

Mike Jordan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 May 2026 It was expanded through the 1950s-70s to help suburban communities address new state wastewater mandates. —

Nicole Van Lier, The Conversation, 13 May 2026 Differentiating factors What distinguishes Cohen most from his competitors is his nuanced understanding of state mandates. —

Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 8 May 2026

Verb

But such controversies are incidental to the debate over school vaccine mandates. —

Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 18 May 2026 The school also mandates a score of 5 on AP exams in AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, or AP Physics C for students who have not met the science course requirements. —

Christopher Rim, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The Appointment Clause of the Constitution mandates that the heads of agencies such as ICE are required to be confirmed by the Senate. —

Philip Wang, Time, 18 May 2026 New York’s Responsible AI Safety and Education (RAISE) Act mandates stricter incident reporting and a new oversight office inside the Department of Financial Services. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 15 May 2026 The law mandates a mental health evaluation for a suspect who is charged with a violent crime and has been involuntarily committed in the last three years, or if a judge or magistrate is concerned that the suspect might be dangerous. —

Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026 The bill would also revise the Renewable Fuel Standard, a federal policy that mandates that gasoline and other transportation fuels contain minimum amounts of fuel from renewable resources. —

Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 13 May 2026 International humanitarian law mandates the principles of distinction, proportionality, and necessity, but the opaqueness of drone operations, particularly outside active battlefields, challenges these principles. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 May 2026 My opponent wants to reinstate Measure J, which mandates that 10% of county revenue go to anti-incarceration programs and explicitly prohibits spending on law enforcement or detention. —

Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 4 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mandates

Noun

The festival brought 75 films to Udine – comprising eight world premieres, 18 international premieres, 21 European premieres and 20 Italian premieres across 12 countries – alongside 236 guests of honor and more than 2,000 accreditations.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 4 May 2026
Many people also look for evidence of accreditations, dentist credentials, and transparent pricing.

— K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026