Synonyms for decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide

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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   make up ones mind, determine, choose, pick

2. decideverb

   To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

   Synonyms:
   pick, determine, choose, make up ones mind

3. decideverb

   To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   Synonyms:
   make up ones mind, pick, determine, choose

4. decideverb

   To cause someone to come to a decision.

   Synonyms:
   pick, choose, determine, make up ones mind

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. decide, make up one's mind, determineverb

   reach, make, or come to a decision about something

   "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

   Synonyms:
   influence, square off, ascertain, adjudicate, see, set, watch, square up, settle, learn, determine, define, mold, resolve, specify, make up one's mind, fix, find out, check, find, regulate, shape, limit

2. decide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb

   bring to an end; settle conclusively

   "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

   Synonyms:
   settle, judge, descend, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, answer, solve, subside, root, determine, purpose, steady down, go under, conclude, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, dissolve, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, make up one's mind, square up, resolve, locate, break up, try, finalize, take root

3. decideverb

   cause to decide

   "This new development finally decided me!"

   Synonyms:
   make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

4. decideverb

   influence or determine

   "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

   Synonyms:
   make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

Matched Categories

1. • Determine
   • End
   • Induce

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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   settle, conclude, terminate, end

2. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   determine, conclude, come to a conclusion, give a decision

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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   determine, settle, conclude, resolve

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1. List of paraphrases for "decide":

   deciding, determine, decides, choose, decided, decision, determining, decisions, opt, resolve, adjudicate, identify

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1. Actor Dean Cain:

   Wow. When you decide to give a public lecture to the VP-elect, everything you have said now becomes public knowledge. I liked the response from Mike Pence, ‘ This is what freedom sounds like.

2. State John Kerry:

   They are the negotiators; so they will decide the future. What I did tell them is that it’s by mutual consent. You have a veto, so does he, so you are going to have to decide how to move forward here.

3. Toto Wolff:

   I think( commercial rights holders) Liberty Media has a great problem in having more demand than supply which is good and also good for the teams as fundamentally we share a large part of the prize fund, we will encourage them to look at the German Grand Prix but it is( Formula One chief executive) Chase( Carey's) call to decide where we go.

4. Rich Noyes:

   It seems high and mighty of the Huffington Post to decide who is and who isn't a real candidate when Donald Trump is leading in the Republican polls right now, they wouldn't have taken kindly if the rest of the media had treated Arianna Huffington's run for governor of California as a sideshow. I would say it's up to the voters to decide who is a real candidate and who is not.

5. Dinesh Kumar:

   Indian and foreign tourists have been calling our control rooms to check security. We assure them protection, but many still decide to stay away.