decisive | Definition of decisive

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

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),