| Main Entry: | determinative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conclusive |
Synonyms: |
certain, crucial, decided, decisive, definitive, determinant, determined, determining, final, settled |
| Main Entry: | conclusive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, final |
Synonyms: |
absolute, all out, clear, clinching, cogent, compelling, convincing, deciding, decisive, demonstrative, determinant, determinative, flat out, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefragable, irrefrangible, irrefutable, irrevocable, litmus test, precise, resolving, revealing, settling, straight out, telling, ultimate, unambiguous, unanswerable, unarguable, unconditional, undeniable, unmistakable, unquestionable, what you see is what you get |
Antonyms: |
inconclusive, indefinite |
| Main Entry: | credible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | believable |
Synonyms: |
aboveboard, colorable, conceivable, conclusive, creditable, dependable, determinative, honest, honest to God, imaginable, likely, plausible, possible, probable, probably, rational, reasonable, reliable, satisfactory, satisfying, seeming, sincere, solid, sound, straight, supposable, tenable, thinkable, trustworthy, trusty, up front, valid |
| Notes: | credible means 'believable' and credulous means 'gullible' |
Antonyms: |
implausible, impossible, improbable, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unlikely, untenable |
| Main Entry: | critical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | urgently important |
Synonyms: |
acute, all-important, climacteric, conclusive, consequential, crucial, dangerous, deciding, decisive, desperate, determinative, dire, exceptive, grave, hairy*, hazardous, high-priority, integral, momentous, perilous, pivotal, precarious, pressing, risky, serious, significant, strategic, urgent, vital, weighty |
Antonyms: |
trivial, uncritical, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | effectual |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential; authoritative |
Synonyms: |
accomplishing, achieving, adequate, binding, capable, conclusive, decisive, determinative, effecting, effective, efficacious, efficient, forcible, fulfilling, in force, lawful, legal, licit, potent, powerful, practicable, productive, qualified, serviceable, sound, strong, successful, telling, useful, valid, virtuous, workable |
Antonyms: |
impotent, incapable, ineffectual, unproductive, unsuccessful, useless, weak |
| Main Entry: | fateful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | significant |
Synonyms: |
acute, apocalyptic, conclusive, critical, crucial, decisive, determinative, direful, doomful, eventful, important, inauspicious, momentous, ominous, portentous, resultful |
Antonyms: |
insignificant, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | final |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | conclusive, definitive |
Synonyms: |
absolute, decided, decisive, definite, determinate, determinative, finished, incontrovertible, irrefutable, irrevocable, settled, unanswerable, unappealable |
Antonyms: |
continuing, inconclusive, interim, introductory, persistent, temporary |
| Main Entry: | formative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | influential, impressionable |
Synonyms: |
determinative, developmental, immature, impressible, malleable, moldable, pliant, sensitive, shaping, susceptible |
Antonyms: |
destructive, noninfluential |
| Main Entry: | last |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | final; newest |
Synonyms: |
aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endwise, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
Antonyms: |
beginning, first, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting |
| Main Entry: | valid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | right, genuine |
Synonyms: |
accurate, attested, authentic, authoritative, binding, bona fide, cogent, compelling, conclusive, confirmed, convincing, credible, determinative, efficacious, efficient, good, in force, irrefutable, just, kosher*, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, logical, official, original, persuasive, potent, powerful, proven, pure, solid, sound, stringent, strong, substantial, telling, tested, true, trustworthy, ultimate, unadulterated, unanswerable, uncorrupted, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded |
Antonyms: |
invalid, unacceptable, unreal, unsound, wrong |