Synonyms for determined
dɪˈtɜr mɪndde·ter·mined

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. determined

   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, decided, dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, resolute, resolved, stubborn, unconquerable, unflinching, unyielding

   Antonyms:
   amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.8 / 6 votes

1. determinedadjective

   characterized by great determination

   "a struggle against a determined enemy"

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive

   Antonyms:
   docile, ambitionless, unambitious, undetermined, unsettled, unexplained, irresolute

2. determinedadjective

   having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive

   Antonyms:
   unexplained, unsettled, ambitionless, irresolute, undetermined, unambitious, docile

3. determinedadjective

   devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

   "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive

   Antonyms:
   unexplained, irresolute, docile, unambitious, undetermined, ambitionless, unsettled

4. determined, dictated, setadjective

   determined or decided upon as by an authority

   "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"

   Synonyms:
   set(p), dictated, set, laid, compulsive, situated, located, placed, fit(p), hardened, primed(p), fixed, driven, rigid

   Antonyms:
   docile, irresolute, ambitionless, unsettled, undetermined, unexplained, unambitious

5. compulsive, determined, drivenadjective

   strongly motivated to succeed

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive, impelled, goaded

   Antonyms:
   docile, irresolute, undetermined, ambitionless, unexplained, unsettled, unambitious

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dog-hearted

   instinct to do an action is foundational.

   people ridicled her for her love of god but she continued dog-heartedly

   Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018  

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1. List of paraphrases for "determined":

   committed, specified, identified, decided, resolute, determine, defined, resolved, established, calculated, determines, fixed, decisive, determinate, set, determining, certain, measured, firm, solved, specific, found, concluded, particular, given, determination, ascertained, prepared, ruled, assessed

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How to use determined in a sentence?

1. Hamdullah Mohib:

   There will be no takeover by the The Taliban, the Afghan people are determined to defend our country, The Afghan people, and our values.

2. Palo Alto police:

   The couple had been asleep in their bedroom when they were awakened by the unknown suspect speaking to them and asking to use their WiFi network, officers determined the suspect had climbed into the home after cutting a screen covering an open window in the side yard.

3. Abu Akleh:

   I will never forget the magnitude of destruction or the feeling that death was sometimes close, we used to sleep in hospitals or under the roofs of people we did not know, and despite the danger, we were determined to keep reporting.

4. David Boren:

   They are very constructive. They have very good ideas and we're going to make it better. We're determined to make it better.

5. Jeremy Bertino:

   His tones were calculated, cold, but very determined. He felt the exact same way that I did.