Authority, bidding, acceptance, and approval are all synonyms for mandate. Optional and voluntary are these antonyms of mandate. And here are another 27 synonyms for mandate.
Mandate Synonyms
1. instruction
- Bidding
- Charge
- Command
- Commission
- Decree
- Direction
- Directive
- Edict
- Fiat
- Injunction
- Instruction
- Law
- Order
- Ordinance
- Ruling
- Statute
- Ukase
- Warrant
- Pronunciamento
2. authority
- Acceptance
- Approval
- Authority
- Endorsement
- Ratification
- Sanction
- Authorization