Today's game will be a crucial battle; the result will be decisive.
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Decisive
//dɪˈsɪsɪv//
Synonyms for "decisive" (218 found)
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instantaneousinstitutiveintentirrefutableirresistibleirrevocablejohnny on the spotkairoticlastloadedmandatedmandatorymasterfulmatchwinningmaterialmomentousmustnecessarynuncupativeobligatory
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obstinateoccasionaloriginativeout-and-outoutrightoverwhelmingperfectperfectly sureperseveringpersistentpersuasivepivotalpredestinedpredeterminedpregnantprescriptprescriptivepresumptiveprobativepromptpunctualpurposefulquickreadyrelentlessreliablerequiredresoluteresolvedroundsatisfactorysatisfyingself-assuredself-confidentserioussetsettledsignificantsinceresingle mindedsingle-mindedspeedysteadfaststraightstraight outstraight-outsuggestivesummarysuresure enoughsure-enoughsweepingswiftsymptomatictellingtenacioustotaltrueultimateunambiguousuncircumscribedunconditionalunconditionedundoubtingunequivocalunflinchingunhamperedunivocalunlimitedunmistakableunmitigatedunqualifiedunquestioningunreservedunrestrictedunswervingunwaivableunwaveringuttervalidvirileweightywholewholeheartedwithout appealwithout exceptionwithout reserve
Adjective(2 words)
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Antonyms
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4 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
Translations
70 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κρίσιμος adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Arabic
2 entries- حاسم adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- حاسمة adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- həlledici adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- qəti adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Bulgarian
2 entries- решаващ adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- решителен adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Catalan
2 entries- decisiu adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- decisiu adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 果斷 /果断 adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- 決定性的 /决定性的 adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- 蓋棺定論的 /盖棺定论的 adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Czech
3 entries- rozhodný adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- rozhodující adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- směrodatný adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Danish
2 entries- afgørende adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- beslutsom adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Dutch
4 entries- afdoend adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- beslissend adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- beslist adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- besluitvaardig adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Finnish
2 entries- päättäväinen adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- ratkaiseva adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
French
3 entries- décidé adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- décisif adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- ferme adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Galician
1 entries- decisivo adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
German
4 entries- ausschlaggebend adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- entscheidend adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- entschlossen adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- entschlussfreudig adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Greek
2 entries- αποφασιστικός adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- αποφασιστικός adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Hebrew
1 entries- החלטי adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Hungarian
2 entries- döntő adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- mérvadó adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Irish
2 entries- cinniúnach adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- cinntitheach adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Italian
4 entries- decisivo adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- decisivo adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- deciso adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- determinante adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Latvian
1 entries- izšķirošs adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Persian
1 entries- تعیینکننده adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Polish
4 entries- bezapelacyjny adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- decydujący adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- przesądzający adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- rozsądzający adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Portuguese
2 entries- decidido adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- decisivo adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Russian
2 entries- решающий adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- реши́тельный adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- odlùčujūćī adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- prȅsudan adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- ȍdlūčan adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Spanish
2 entries- decidido adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- decisivo adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Swedish
4 entries- avgörande adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- beslutsam adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- bestämd adj (marked by promptness and decision)
- bestämmande adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
Ukrainian
2 entries- виріша́льний adj (having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy)
- рішу́чий adj (marked by promptness and decision)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The final vote was decisive.
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I took a picture at the decisive moment.
Source: tatoeba (257197)
The project was plagued by uncertainties from the very beginning, and the team could not draw any decisive conclusions.
Source: tatoeba (793701)
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