Decisive

Adjective

 * 1) Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive.
 * ''A decisive battle is fatal for one side's war chances
 * 1) Marked by promptness and decision.
 * A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. -J. Foster.

Synonyms

 * decided
 * positive
 * conclusive

Antonyms

 * indecisive

Derived terms

 * decisively
 * decisiveness

Related terms

 * decidable
 * decided

Adverbs for Decisive
alarmingly; conclusively; definitely; scarcely; mercifully; fortunately; happily; favorably; comfortingly; practically; justly; irrevocably; inexorably; sweepingly; importantly; firmly; unmistakably; unalterably; authoritatively; authentically; weightily; augustly; intuitively; swiftly; desperately; critically; iniquitously; solemnly; tremendously; politically.

Thesaurus
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

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 * Greek: αποφασιστικός, -ή, -ό
 * Hebrew: החלטי (hekhlet'y)
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 * : décisif