OPTIONAL

optional

(adjective) possible but not necessary; left to personal choice

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

optional (not comparable)

Not compulsory; left to personal choice; elective.

Synonyms: facultative, Thesaurus:optional

Antonyms: compulsory, mandatory, obligatory, Thesaurus:compulsory

Noun

optional (plural optionals)

Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.

(programming, sometimes, capitalized) In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value.

Anagrams

• Politano

Source: Wiktionary

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Op"tion*al, a.

Definition: Involving an option; depending on the exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay.

– n.

Definition: See Elective, n. If to the former the movement was not optional, it was the same that the latter chose when it was optional. Palfrey. Original writs are either optional or peremptory. Blackstone.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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