Discretionary

What do we mean by discretionary?

Left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment. adjective

Available for use as needed or desired. adjective

Left to discretion; limited or restrained only by discretion or judgment: as, an ambassador invested with discretionary powers (that is, empowered to act according to circumstances).

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment. adjective

Having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment adjective

(especially of funds) not earmarked; available for use as needed adjective

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment.

Words that are spelled similarly to discretionary:
discretionary, discretionarily, discretional, discretionally.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word discretionary:
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Words that rhyme with discretionary:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe discretionary:
non.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective discretionary:
power, powers, authority, income, spending, policy, funds, control, decisions, action, trust, policies, grants, basis, programs, changes, use, trusts, nature, fund, decision, expenditures, actions, controls, judgment, behavior, costs, review, money, activities, functions, making, acts, measures, orders, resources, budget, jurisdiction, justice, accounts, effort, right, element, act, management, funding, function, account, payments, items, judgments, expenditure, inclusion, expenses, accruals, choices, exception, punishment, grant, relief, behaviour, choice, program, intervention, purchases, remedy, duties, exercise, latitude, transfers, dollars, distributions, incomes, increases, release, application, limits, provisions, hyphen, saving, benefits, awards, outlays, allocation, caps.

Words that sound like discretionary:
discretionary, discretionarily, discretional, dictionary, discretion, diversionary, additionary, sanctionary, scrutineer, secretory.