DEFINITENESS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

definiteness

noun

as in determinacy

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Noun

There are, after all, other ways to resolve under-determinacy without directly applying substantive moral principles.

— J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.

— Longreads, Longreads, 9 May 2017

Definition of determinacy

Noun

Of course, if there’s any truth to this, he should be shot out of a cannon at BravoCon — but Carmella doubts that a ring was even bought in the first place.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
That’s basically the role that Black women have been sort of relegated to — to be truth tellers.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of truth

Noun

The company relies on high-fidelity training simulators that replicate an infinite number of outcomes, such as system failures and peak-load scenarios, offline.

— Miroslav Katsarov, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Labor Day Headphones Deals Apple’s AirPods Max 2 deliver an exceptional combination of high-fidelity acoustics and pro-grade active noise cancellation.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of fidelity

Noun

Her clever approach looks at a large number of middle schools in Norway, ranking their divergent smartphone policies across a range from strictness to leniency.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026
But their specific details and strictness have modulated between political administrations in recent years.

— Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 1 June 2026

Definition of strictness

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Cool Machine is definitive not only for its sweep but also for the rightness, the evocative precision, of the details that fill its paragraphs like the mystery mix inside the skin of a Gray’s Papaya hot dog.

— David Hajdu, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026
If the Sun is high in the lunar sky during the flyby, there will be few shadows, and the crew will be looking for subtle variations in surface color and rightness.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of rightness

Noun

Each word or phrase chosen requires a departure from the original, and attempts at literal exactness generate stiff language.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
Delicate roe needs exactness and freshness, while richer or more assertive caviar can handle oak influence, salinity, or light smoke.

— Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026

Definition of exactness

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