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Synonyms for decided
dɪˈsaɪ dɪdde·cid·ed
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
decided
The headstrong person is not to be stopped in his own course of action, while the obstinate and stubborn is not to be driven to another's way. The headstrong act; the obstinate and stubborn may simply refuse to stir. The most amiable person may be obstinate on some one point; the stubborn person is for the most part habitually so; we speak of obstinate determination, stubborn resistance. Stubborn is the term most frequently applied to the lower animals and inanimate things. Refractory implies more activity of resistance; the stubborn horse balks; the refractory animal plunges, rears, and kicks; metals that resist ordinary processes of reduction are termed refractory. One is obdurate who adheres to his purpose in spite of appeals that would move any tender-hearted or right-minded person. Contumacious refers to a proud and insolent defiance of authority, as of the summons of a court. Pertinacious demand is contrasted with obstinate refusal. The unyielding conduct which we approve we call decided, firm, inflexible, resolute; that which we condemn we are apt to term headstrong, obstinate, stubborn. Compare PERVERSE.
Synonyms:
contumacious, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, resolute, resolved, stubborn, unconquerable, unflinching, unyieldingAntonyms:
amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
decided
Synonyms:
determined, ruled, resolute, firm, unwaveringAntonyms:
undecided, unsettled, irresolute, vacillating
Princeton's WordNet
distinct, decidedadjective
recognizable; marked
"noticed a distinct improvement"; "at a distinct (or decided) disadvantage"
Synonyms:
discrete, clear-cut, trenchant, distinguishable, distinctAntonyms:
indefinite
Dictionary of English Synonymes
decidedadjective
Synonyms:
determined, unwavering, unhesitating, resolutedecidedadjective
Synonyms:
unequivocal, categorical, positive, absolutedecidedadjective
Synonyms:
unquestionable, undeniable, indisputable, certain, clear, beyond all question, beyond a doubt, past dispute
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
decidedadjective
Synonyms:
unequivocal, determined, pronounced, unwavering, positive, incontrovertible
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#9645 | persistent | |
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#19290 | opted | |
#24054 | stubborn | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#41629 | distinguishable | |
#42074 | inflexible | |
#42291 | opinionated | |
#42813 | heady | |
#42831 | intractable | |
#43680 | resolute | |
#49224 | immovable | |
#50489 | dogged | |
#52249 | unwavering | |
#66176 | obstinate | |
#66995 | headstrong | |
#72731 | indomitable | |
#77339 | unflinching | |
#77553 | unyielding | |
#101677 | trenchant | |
#139798 | unconquerable | |
#164509 | obdurate | |
#282433 | contumacious |
How to use decided in a sentence?
When we went back on the 10th, that’s when we decided that we could n’t raise our kids here.
So I was brought up my whole life … to forgive … and to love, martin Luther King said, ‘I’ve decided to stick with love' … He said that hate [was] too difficult a burden to bear.
Instead of working with @ICEgov enforce the law, local officials in Mecklenberg County, NC decided it would be better to give these criminals' sanctuary' so they could go back out on the streets — where they were free to reoffend until ICE arrested them.
French Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron:
So it is neither comprehensible nor acceptable that Mr Combes has decided today to leave the company when the transaction hasn't even been completed, both morally and in terms of the proper functioning of the company.
Moscow zoo could not remain on the sidelines of such a magnificent event. Therefore we have decided to name our steppe eagle which hatched over a month ago in honor of Igor Akinfeev.
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