Synonyms of the word

prescribed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of prescribe.

appointed

• adj. (of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of appoint.

decreed

• v. simple past tense and past participle of decree.

formal

• adj. Being in accord with established forms.
• adj. Official.
• adj. Relating to the form or structure of something.
• adj. Relating to formation.
• adj. Ceremonial or traditional.
• adj. Proper, according to strict etiquette; not casual.
• adj. Organized; well-structured and planned.
• adj. (mathematics) Relating to mere manipulation and construction of strings of symbols, without regard to…
• n. Formalin.
• n. An evening gown.
• n. An event with a formal dress code.

nonarbitrary

• adj. Not arbitrary.

official

• adj. Of or pertaining to an office or public trust.
• adj. Derived from the proper office or officer, or from the proper authority; made or communicated by virtue…
• adj. Approved by authority; authorized.
• adj. sanctioned by the pharmacopoeia; appointed to be used in medicine; officinal.
• adj. Discharging an office or function.
• adj. Relating to an office; especially, to a subordinate executive officer or attendant.
• adj. Relating to an ecclesiastical judge appointed by a bishop, chapter, archdeacon, etc., with charge of the…
• adj. True, real, beyond doubt.
• n. An office holder invested with powers and authorities.
• n. A person responsible for applying the rules of a game or sport in a competition.

ordained

• adj. Established by authority.
• adj. Admitted to the ministry of the church.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of ordain.

positive

• adj. Not negative or neutral.
• adj. (law) Formally laid down.
• adj. Stated definitively and without qualification.
• adj. Fully assured in opinion.
• adj. (mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.
• adj. Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
• adj. Overconfident, dogmatic.
• adj. (chiefly philosophy) Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
• adj. (physics) Having more protons than electrons.
• adj. (grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative,…
• adj. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.
• adj. Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their…
• adj. Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
• adj. (photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
• adj. Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
• adj. Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
• adj. Optimistic.
• adj. (chemistry) electropositive.
• adj. (chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
• adj. (slang) HIV positive.
• adj. (New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought',…
• n. A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
• n. A favourable point or characteristic.
• n. Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
• n. (grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
• n. (grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
• n. (photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
• n. The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
• n. A positive result of a test.

regular

• adj. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to…
• adj. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
• adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same…
• adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
• adj. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
• adj. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
• adj. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
• adj. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of…
• adj. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
• adj. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
• adj. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
• adj. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
• adj. Belonging to a monastic order or community.
• adj. (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
• adj. (crystallography) isometric.
• adj. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
• adj. (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular…
• adv. (archaic, Britain, dialect) Regularly, on a regular basis.
• n. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
• n. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
• n. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
• n. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
• n. Anything that is normal or standard.

settled

• adj. Comfortable and at ease, especially after a period of change or unrest.
• v. simple past tense and past participle of settle.