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| Main Entry: | determined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driven, persistent |
| Synonyms: | bent, bent on, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, intent, mean business*, obstinate, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, serious, set, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unwavering, buckled down, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, on ice, resolved, set on, strong-minded, unhesitating |
| Antonyms: | flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conclude, decide |
| Synonyms: | actuate, arbitrate, call the shots*, cinch, clinch, complete, dispose, drive, end, figure, finish, halt, impel, incline, induce, move, nail down*, opt, ordain, persuade, predispose, regulate, resolve, rule, settle, tap, terminate, ultimate, wind up*, wrap up*, fix upon, pin down, take a decision |
| Antonyms: | begin, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, find out |
| Synonyms: | add up to*, ascertain, certify, check, demonstrate, detect, divine, establish, figure, hear, learn, make out, see, tell, tumble, unearth, verify, work out, boil down to, catch on, figure out, have a hunch, size up |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, decide |
| Synonyms: | destine, doom, elect, establish, fate, finger*, fix, foreordain, predetermine, preordain, purpose, resolve, settle, make up mind, predestine, preform |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitate, waver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dictate, govern, regulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, bound, circumscribe, command, condition, control, decide, devise, direct, impel, impose, incline, induce, influence, invent, lead, limit, manage, measure, modify, plot, rule, shape, delimit, mark off |
| Main Entry: | decisive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assured, bent, certain, conclusive, crisp, critical, crucial, decided, definitive, determined, fateful, final, firm, flat out*, forceful, imperative, imperious, incisive, influential, intent, litmus test*, momentous, peremptory, positive, resolute, set, settled, significant, trenchant, all out, resolved, straight out, strong-minded |
| Notes: | decided means recognizable, marked, unmistakable or definite, while decisive means having the power to determine an outcome or being conclusive |
| Antonyms: | indecisive, indefinite, procrastinating, unpositive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emphatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insistent, unequivocal |
| Synonyms: | absolute, assertive, assured, categorical, certain, cogent, confident, decided, definite, definitive, determined, direct, distinct, dogmatic, dynamic, earnest, energetic, explicit, express, flat, forceful, forcible, important, impressive, marked, momentous, pointed, positive, potent, powerful, pronounced, significant, sober, solemn, striking, strong, sure, telling, trenchant, unmistakable, vigorous, accented, for a face, no mistake, resounding, stressed |
| Antonyms: | equivocal, indefinite, indistinct, insignificant, reserved, understated, unpronounced |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, warlike |
| Synonyms: | angry, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, boxing, combative, contentious, determined, disputatious, fencing, ferocious, hostile, martial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, resolute, truculent, unbeatable, up in arms*, battling, brawling, contending, disputative, hawkish, jingoistic, jousting, militaristic, ready to fight, scrappy, skirmishing, sparring, tilting, under arms, warmongering, wrestling |
| Antonyms: | peaceloving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gutsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold, brave |
| Synonyms: | courageous, determined, gallant, game*, indomitable, intrepid, mettlesome, plucky, resolute, spirited, spunky*, staunch, valiant, unfearful |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, fearful, timid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hard-core |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dedicated |
| Synonyms: | determined, devoted, die-hard*, dyed-in-the-wool*, explicit, extreme, faithful, intransigent, obstinate, resolute, rigid, staunch, steadfast, stubborn, uncompromising, unyielding, unwaivering |
| Antonyms: | indulgent, mild, moderate, tolerant, soft-core, undedicated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | headstrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stubborn |
| Synonyms: | bullheaded*, contrary, determined, foolhardy, froward, hard-core*, hard-nosed, heedless, imprudent, impulsive, intractable, mulish, murder, obstinate, perverse, pig-headed*, rash, reckless, refractory, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, unyielding, willful, hard-shell, locked-in, mule, self-willed, strong-minded |
| Antonyms: | calm, docile, moderate, obedient, submissive, tolerant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hell-bent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | set on |
| Synonyms: | bent on, bound and determined, constant, decided, determined, driven, firm, fixed, intent, obsessed, persevering, persistent, relentless, resolute, serious, single-minded, steadfast, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unrelenting, unwavering, resolved, set on, strong-minded, unhesitating |
| Main Entry: | indefatigable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untiring |
| Synonyms: | active, assiduous, bound and determined, determined, diligent, dogged, energetic, hell-bent*, industrious, inexhaustible, ironclad, painstaking, patient, persevering, persistent, pertinacious, relentless, sedulous, steadfast, strenuous, tireless, unfaltering, unflagging, unflinching, unwavering, vigorous, dead set on, nose to grindstone, stop at nothing, unremitting, unwearied, unwearying |
| Antonyms: | fatigued, tired, weary |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inevitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain; cannot be avoided |
| Synonyms: | assured, binding, compulsory, decided, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, fixed, imminent, impending, in the bag*, ineluctable, inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, obligatory, ordained, pat*, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, all locked up, decreed, for certain, foreordained, ineludible, no ifs ands or buts, unpreventable, without recourse |
| Antonyms: | avoidable, doubtful, fortuitous, uncertain, unlikely, unsure, escapable, preventable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | plucky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, bold, confident, courageous, daring, determined, fearless, game, gritty, gutsy, heroic, lionhearted, nervy, persevering, spirited, sporting, spunky, stalwart, tenacious, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, unfearful |
| Main Entry: | predetermined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decided in advance |
| Synonyms: | calculated, deliberate, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fixed, forethought, planned, premeditated, proposed, set, set up, settled, agreed, arranged, cut and dried, foredestined, foreordained, prearranged, precogitated, predestined, preordained, preplanned |
| Antonyms: | undetermined, unplanned, unsettled, unarranged |
| Main Entry: | purposeful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resolved to do something |
| Synonyms: | bent, bound, calculated, decided, deliberate, determined, firm, fixed, intense, intent, mean business*, obstinate, persistent, positive, resolute, settled, single-minded, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unwavering, be out for blood, dead set on, playing hard ball, purposive, telelogical, undeviating |
| Antonyms: | aimless, thoughtless, undetermined, unplanned, wanton |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rash |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | careless, impulsive |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, bold, brash, daring, determined, devil-may-care*, fiery, foolhardy, frenzied, furious, harebrained, hasty, headlong, headstrong, heedless, hotheaded, ill-advised, immature, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, indiscreet, injudicious, irrational, madcap, passionate, precipitate, premature, reckless, thoughtless, unguarded, unthinking, unwary, venturesome, wild, ill-considered, insuppressible, jumping to conclusions, overhasty, precipitant, venturous |
| Antonyms: | careful, cautious, planned, thoughtful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reliable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | trustworthy |
| Synonyms: | candid, careful, certain, conscientious, constant, decent, decisive, definite, dependable, determined, devoted, faithful, firm, good, honest, honorable, impeccable, loyal, okay, positive, predictable, proved, reputable, respectable, responsible, righteous, safe, sincere, solid, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, sterling, strong, sure, tried, tried-and-true*, true, true-blue*, trusty, unequivocal, unfailing, unimpeachable, upright, veracious, high-principled, incorrupt, there, true-hearted |
| Antonyms: | deceptive, irresponsible, unreliable, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rigid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stiff, strict, severe |
| Synonyms: | adamant, austere, bullheaded, changeless, definite, determined, exact, firm, fixed, hard, hard-line*, harsh, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, invariable, obdurate, rigorous, set, single-minded, solid, static, stern, strait-laced*, stringent, unalterable, unbending, unbreakable, unchanging, uncompromising, unmoving, unrelenting, unyielding, adamantine, chiseled, dead set, incompliant, locked in, set in stone, tough nut to crack, undeviating, unpermissive |
| Antonyms: | bending, flexible, lenient, limber, pliable, pliant, soft, yielding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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