discretional

1. 1.

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

   “The commission has discretionary power to award extra funds”

   Synonymsdiscretionary

   Similararbitrary

Questions about discretional

What does discretional mean?

discretional means "having or using the ability to act or decide according to your own discretion or judgment".

How many syllables are in discretional?

discretional has 5 syllables: di-scre-ti-o-nal. The stress falls on "o".

What is another word for discretional?

Close synonyms include discretionary. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is discretional a common word?

discretional is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.