Entry Word: determination

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose <the determination with which the pioneers settled the land despite many hardships and setbacks>

Synonyms decidedness, decision, decisiveness, firmness, granite, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve

Related Words doggedness, obstinacy, perseverance, persistence, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity; backbone, fortitude, grit, pluck

Near Antonyms uncertainty

Antonyms hesitation, indecision, irresolution, vacillation

2 a position arrived at after consideration <a determination by the judge regarding an appropriate sentence> — see decision 1
3 an opinion arrived at through a process of reasoning <his determination of the truth> — see conclusion 1