Facultative

Full definition of facultative

Adjective

1. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty
2. Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective
3. That grants permission or power to do something
4. (biology) Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way
5. (geometry, of a point) At which a given function is positive.

Antonyms

• obligate

Derived terms

• facultatively

Anagrams

• active fault