Dictionary Definition
decisive adj
1 determining or having the power to determine an
outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive
influence" [ant: indecisive]
2 unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the
polls"
3 characterized by decision and firmness; "an
able an decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership";
"she gave him a decisive answer" [ant: indecisive]
4 forming or having the nature of a turning point
or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test"
[syn: critical]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
- Marked by promptness and decision.
- A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.
Translations
Having the power or quality of deciding a
question or controversy
- Finnish: lopullinen, ratkaiseva
- German: entscheidend, ausschlaggebend
- Greek: αποφασιστικός, -ή, -ό
- Hebrew: החלטי (hekhlet'y)
- Italian: decisivo
Marked by promptness and decision
- Finnish: päättäväinen
- German: entschlussfreudig
- Italian: decisivo
- Greek: αποφασιστικός, -ή, -ό
Synonyms
See also
Italian
Adjective
decisive- Feminine plural of decisivo
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
absolute, adducible, admissible, admitting no
exception, alert, all-out,
apodictic, apt, assured, assuring, attestative, attestive, authentic, authoritative, based on,
behind the scenes, bent,
binding, bound, bound and determined,
categorical,
causal, causative, certain, charged, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct, clear
as day, climacteric,
committed, complete, compulsory, conclusive, constitutive, convictional, convincing, critical, crucial, cumulative, damning, decided, decretory, dedicated, definite, definitive, determinate, determinative, determined, devoted, dictated, documentary, documented, downright, earnest, effectual, emergent, entailed, entire, etiological, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte,
exigent, expeditious, explicit, express, eye-witness, factual, final, firsthand, fixed, flat, flat-out, formative, founded on,
global, grounded on,
hard-and-fast, hearsay,
immediate, imperative, imperious, implicit, imposed, impressive, inappealable, incontrovertible,
indicative, indisputable, ineluctable, inevitable, instant, instantaneous, institutive, intent, irrefutable, irresistible, irrevocable, kairotic, loaded, mandated, mandatory, masterful, material, must, necessary, nuncupative, obligatory, obstinate, occasional, originative, out-and-out,
outright, overwhelming, peremptory, perfect, perfectly sure,
persevering,
persistent, persuasive, pivotal, positive, predestined, predetermined, pregnant, prescript, prescriptive, presumptive, probative, prompt, punctual, purposeful, quick, ready, relentless, reliable, required, resolute, resolved, round, satisfactory, satisfying, self-assured,
self-confident, serious,
set, settled, significant, sincere, single-minded, speedy, steadfast, straight, straight-out,
suggestive, summary, sure, sure-enough, swift, symptomatic, telling, tenacious, total, true, ultimate, unambiguous, uncircumscribed,
unconditional,
unconditioned,
undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, univocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unswerving, unwaivable, unwavering, utter, valid, weighty, whole, wholehearted, without
appeal, without exception, without reserve