Decision

English

Noun

Decision (plural Decisions)

1. A choice or judgement.
2. Firmness of conviction.
3. (chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.

Adjectives for Decision

favorable; comforting; sagacious; well-considered; careful; correct; perfect; practical; magnanimous; sensible; unfettered; unbought; accurate; straightforward; just calm; temperate; final; irreparable; irrevocable; invincible; expectant; inexorable peremptory; sweeping; important; resolute unflinching; firm; unmistakable; unalterable; unchanged; authoritative; unbiased weighty; momentous; august; arbitrary vacillating; haphazard; premature; abrupt precipitate; rapid; instant; hasty; intuitive; quick; swift; hair-trigger; dangerous desperate; ruinous; illegal; adverse; judicial; critical; temporal; ticklish; major iniquitous; unanimous; last-moment; applauded; perplexing; tactical; controlling definite; profitless; cryptic; tentative overt; successive; prompt; emphatic; due unbalanced; disastrous; solemn; demurred spectacular; supreme; indolent; instant practical; ruling; belated; blamable; strict impartial; theoretical; calculated; epoch making; heart-searching; resolute; sudden daring; executive; tremendous; resounding academic; unwise; crushing; initiatory technical; adverse; political; rumored sundry (plural).

Verbs for Decision

abide by—; accept—; acclaim—; adhere to—; analyze—; circumvent—; confirm— contest—; dictate—; enforce—; execute— greet—; hail—; hand down—; influence— obey—; prejudice—; reach—; render—; reverse—; stiffen—; subject to—; submit to—; swing—; voice—; weigh—; —embroils ; —favors; —foreshadows; -invalidates; —takes place; —wavers.

Synonyms for Decision

determination, conclusion, outcome, result, verdict, finding, judgment, resolution.

Antonyms for Decision

vacillation, procrastination, delay, deferment, postponement, indetermination, indefiniteness.

Derived terms

decision making, decision tree, decision procedure, decision theory, indecision,

Thesaurus Decision

Thesaurus decide, decisive, accommodation, accord, acquittal, action, adjustment, agreement, animus, appetite, arbitration, arrangement, award, backbone, choice, choosing, co-option, command, commitment, compromise, conclusion, condemnation, consideration, decisiveness, decree, dedication, definiteness, deliverance, desire, determination, devotion, diagnosis, dictum, discretion, disposition, doggedness, doom, earnestness, election, fancy, finding, firmness, first choice, fortitude, free choice, free will, grit, inclination, intention, judgement, judgment, landmark decision, liking, lust, mind, objective, obstinacy, order, outcome, passion, penalty, perseverance, persistence, pick, pleasure, pluck, precedent, preference, prognosis, pronouncement, purpose, purposefulness, reconciliation, relentlessness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve, resolving, ruling, selection, self-will, sentence, seriousness, settlement, settling, sexual desire, sincerity, single-mindedness, steadfastness, stubbornness, tenacity, the pick, total commitment, understanding, verdict, volition, will, will power, wish

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• Rhymes: -ɪʒən