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resolve

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of resolve

firm or unwavering adherence to one's purpose
  • a naval pilot who has been unwavering in his resolve to become an astronaut
Synonyms of resolve

decidedness, decision, decisiveness, determination, determinedness, firmness, granite, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, stick-to-itiveness
Words Related to resolve

doggedness, obduracy, obdurateness, obstinacy, obstinateness, perseverance, persistence, persistency, stubbornness, tenaciousness, tenacity

certainty, certitude, confidence, sureness

alacrity, eagerness, gameness, readiness

backbone, fortitude, grit, iron, pluck, sand
Near Antonyms of resolve

doubt, incertitude, indetermination, uncertainty

aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness
Antonyms of resolve

hesitation, indecision, indecisiveness, irresoluteness, irresolution, vacillation

resolve

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of resolve

1 to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration
  • I resolved to eat more healthily and to exercise regularly.
Synonyms of resolve

choose, conclude, decide, determine, figure, name, opt, settle (on or upon)
Words Related to resolve

decree, rule

cull, elect, handpick, pick, prefer, select, single (out)

adjudge, adjudicate, arbitrate, find, judge, referee, rule (on), umpire

chew over, cogitate, consider, contemplate, debate, deliberate, entertain, meditate, mull (over), ponder, question, ruminate, study, think (about or over), weigh
Near Antonyms of resolve

abstain, decline, refuse, reject, turn down

delay, halt, hesitate, stall, temporize

shilly-shally, vacillate, waffle, waver
2 to find an answer for through reasoning
  • resolved the apparent contradictions in the collected data
Synonyms of resolve

answer, break, crack, dope (out), figure out, puzzle (out), riddle (out), solve, unravel, unriddle, work, work out
Words Related to resolve

conclude, decide, deduce, gather, infer, judge, reason

clear (up), iron out, straighten (out), unscramble, untangle, untie

assume, conjecture, divine, guess, presume, speculate

decipher, decode
3 to set or force apart
  • A prism will resolve a beam of light into an array of colors.
Synonyms of resolve

break up, disassociate, disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, dissociate, disunite, divide, divorce, part, ramify, separate, sever, split, sunder, uncouple, unlink, unyoke
Words Related to resolve

break down, decompose, disassemble, disintegrate, dissolve

bisect, cleave, dissect, halve, partition, quarter, segment, subdivide, trisect

break, fracture, pull, rend, rift, rip, rive, rupture, tear

cut off, insulate, isolate, seclude, segregate, sequester

detach, disengage, disentangle, unravel, untie
Near Antonyms of resolve

assemble, associate, blend, combine, mingle, mix

connect, couple

accumulate, agglutinate, attach, bind, cement, close, fasten, fuse, knit, stick, weld
Antonyms of resolve

join, link, unify, unite

Synonym Discussion of resolve

decide, determine, settle, rule, resolve mean to come or cause to come to a conclusion. decide implies previous consideration of a matter causing doubt, wavering, debate, or controversy.
    • she decided to sell her house
determine implies fixing the identity, character, scope, or direction of something.
    • determined the cause of the problem
settle implies a decision reached by someone with power to end all dispute or uncertainty.
    • the dean's decision settled the campus alcohol policy
rule implies a determination by judicial or administrative authority.
    • the judge ruled that the evidence was inadmissible
resolve implies an expressed or clear decision or determination to do or refrain from doing something.
    • he resolved to quit smoking

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