DECISIVE Synonyms

• relating to or included in a category or categories

• not modified or restricted by reservations

• having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

• established beyond doubt or question; definitely known

• certain to occur; destined or inevitable

• established irrevocably

• definite but not specified or identified

• reliable in operation or effect

• exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

• readily apparent to the mind

• allowing light to pass through

• accurately stated or described

• free from clouds or mist or haze

• the state of being free of suspicion

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• entirely

• in an easily perceptible manner

• free from confusion or doubt

• affording free passage or view

• free from contact or proximity or connection

• characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)

• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

• (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law

• clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

• free of restrictions or qualifications

• free from flaw or blemish or impurity

• clear of charges or deductions

• easily deciphered

• freed from any question of guilt

• characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving

• rid of obstructions

• make a way or path by removing objects

• become clear

• grant authorization or clearance for

• remove

• go unchallenged; be approved

• be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts

• go away or disappear

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment

• clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.

• yield as a net profit

• make as a net profit

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• sell to get rid of

• pass an inspection or receive authorization

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• settle, as of a debt

• make clear, bright, light, or translucent

• rid of instructions or data

• remove (people) from a building

• remove the occupants of

• free (the throat) by making a rasping sound

• precise; explicit and clearly defined

• known for certain

• clearly defined or formulated

• of recognized authority or excellence

• supplying or being a final or conclusive settlement

• having the power or quality of deciding

• the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament

• an examination administered at the end of an academic term

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• conclusive in a process or progression

• not to be altered or undone

• the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments

• with resolute determination

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• not soft or yielding to pressure

• strong and sure

• not subject to revision or change

• (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling

• not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall

• securely established

• possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue

• securely fixed in place

• unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause

• become taut or tauter

• make taut or tauter

• firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination

• characterized by quickness and firmness

• established or decided beyond dispute or doubt

• established in a desired position or place; not moving about

• inhabited by colonists

• not changeable

• having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

• certain to occur; destined or inevitable

• definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

• exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

• physically secure or dependable

• reliable in operation or effect

• (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence

• infallible or unfailing

• certain not to fail

• impossible to doubt or dispute

• having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning

• admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

• admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion

• clearly defined or formulated

• clearly evident to the mind

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not limited or restricted

• not meeting the proper standards and requirements and training

• legally not qualified or sufficient

• having no right or entitlement

• marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws

• at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction

• characterized by careful evaluation and judgment

• being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency

• of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism

• urgently needed; absolutely necessary

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• recognizable; marked

• characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

• indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

• of or relating to positivism

• reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

• the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

• a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

• persuaded of; very sure

• involving advantage or good

• formally laid down or imposed

• impossible to deny or disprove

• greater than zero

• having a positive charge

• marked by excessive confidence