decisive
adjectiveHow many syllables in decisive?
There are 3 syllables in the word decisive.How to pronounce decisive:
Definition of decisive:
- decisive (adjective):
- having the power or quality of deciding
- having great influence on the result of something
- determining or having the power to determine an outcome.
Synonyms for decisive:
absolute
adamant
bent (on or upon)
bound
conclusive
confident
critical
crucial
deciding
definite
definitive
determinant
determinative
determined
determining
do-or-die
fatal
fateful
final
firm
important
influential
intent
momentous
out
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Antonyms for decisive:
absent-minded
absentminded
afraid
aimless
ambivalent
anxious
apprehensive
at a loss
befuddled
bewildered
broken
changeable
changing
concerned
conflicted
confounded
confused
conjectural
cowardly
cynical
democratic
diffident
disbelieving
discomposed
disconcerted
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- annotate
- agilely
- tolerate
- submission
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- cowardice
- asinine
- ascending
- admiring
- virulence
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- resistant
- projection
- precaution
- Paraguay
- credited
- alchemy
- adjutant
- requiem
- quick-witted
- Javier
- instinctive
- impudent
- good-humored
- frivolous
- embankment
- dissident
- Desiree
- annoyance
- raucously
- Ptolemaic
- provision
- nauseating
- Napoli
- Mubarak
- impulsive
- depiction
- cognition
- caviar
- cathedral
- ancestral
- sanctity
- redolent
- impulse
- Guglielmo
- fluently
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