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decisive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of decisive

1 fully committed to achieving a goal

  • only a team with a decisive attitude is going to win a state championship
Synonyms of decisive

bent (on or upon), bound, determined, do-or-die, firm, hell-bent (on or upon), intent, out, purposeful, resolute, resolved, set, single-minded
Words Related to decisive

bitter, vehement

certain, cocksure, confident, positive, sure

earnest, serious

steady, unfaltering, unhesitating, unswerving, unwavering

adamant, adamantine, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
Phrases Synonymous with decisive

on one's mettle
Near Antonyms of decisive

distrustful, doubtful, dubious, mistrustful, skeptical, suspicious, uncertain, unconvinced, undecided, unsettled, unsure

disinclined, indisposed, loath (also loth), reluctant
Antonyms of decisive

faltering, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, undetermined, unresolved, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed

2 having the power to persuade

  • a lawyer who knows how to construct the kind of decisive argument that sways a jury
Synonyms of decisive

cogent, compelling, conclusive, convincing, effective, forceful, persuasive, satisfying, strong, telling
Words Related to decisive

authoritative, definitive

sound, valid, well-founded

important, significant, weighty

material, pertinent, relevant
Near Antonyms of decisive

groundless, invalid, shaky, unfounded, unsound

inconsequential, insignificant, unimportant

immaterial, irrelevant

feeble, weak
Antonyms of decisive

inconclusive, indecisive, ineffective, uncompelling, unconvincing, unpersuasive

3 serving to put an end to all debate or questioning

  • the decisive finding of the coroner regarding the cause of death
Synonyms of decisive

absolute, clear, conclusive, deciding, definitive, last
Words Related to decisive

determinate, determinative, dispositive, hands-down, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, unanswerable, undebatable, undeniable, undisputable, unquestionable

unchallenged, uncontested, undisputed

unambiguous, unequivocal

certain, definite, positive, sure

cogent, compelling, convincing, persuasive, telling
Near Antonyms of decisive

debatable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, moot, problematic (also problematical), questionable, refutable

ambiguous, equivocal

controversial, debated, disputed
Antonyms of decisive

inconclusive, indecisive, unclear

Synonym Discussion of decisive

conclusive, decisive, determinative, definitive mean bringing to an end. conclusive applies to reasoning or logical proof that puts an end to debate or questioning.
    • conclusive evidence
decisive may apply to something that ends a controversy, a contest, or any uncertainty.
    • a decisive battle
determinative adds an implication of giving a fixed character or direction.
    • the determinative factor in the court's decision
definitive applies to what is put forth as final and permanent.
    • the definitive biography

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