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Main Entry: mean business
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: mean what one says

Synonyms:

be in earnest, be resolute, stick at nothing
Main Entry: determined
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: driven, persistent

Synonyms:

bent, bent on, buckled down, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, intent, mean business, obstinate, on ice, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, set on, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, unwavering

Antonyms:

flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak
Main Entry: earnest
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: serious; very important

Synonyms:

close, constant, determined, firm, fixed, for real, grave, intent, mean business, meaningful, no-fooling, no-nonsense, playing hard ball, resolute, resolved, sedate, sincere, sober, solemn, somber, stable, staid, steady, thoughtful, weighty

Antonyms:

flippant, insincere, thoughtless, trivial, unimportant, unserious
Main Entry: inexorable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cruel, pitiless

Synonyms:

adamant, adamantine, bound, bound and determined, compulsory, dead set on, dogged, hard, harsh, hell bent on, immobile, immovable, implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, inflexible, ironclad, like death and taxes, locked in, mean business, merciless, necessary, no going back, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, remorseless, resolute, rigid, set in stone, severe, single-minded, stubborn, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unmovable, unrelenting, unyielding

Antonyms:

flexible, lenient, merciful, remorseful, yielding
Main Entry: purposeful
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: resolved to do something

Synonyms:

be out for blood, bent, bound, calculated, dead set on, decided, deliberate, determined, firm, fixed, intense, intent, mean business, obstinate, persistent, playing hard ball, positive, purposive, resolute, settled, single-minded, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, strong-willed, stubborn, telelogical, tenacious, undeviating, unfaltering, unwavering

Antonyms:

aimless, thoughtless, undetermined, unplanned, wanton
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