Antonyms for decisive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-sahy-siv

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ sɪv

Definition of decisive

Origin : 1610s, from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin decis-, past participle stem of decidere (see decide). Related: Decisively; decisiveness.

adj definite

Example sentences :

As yet, however, no decisive advantage had been gained on either side.
Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell

Still, as the case stood, his triumph was not the less brilliant or decisive.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

At the dawn of the morning he made his attack sharp, unexpected, decisive.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

I do not know what he said to the surgeon-major, but it was something clear and decisive.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

"It doesn't matter whose sister you are," was the decisive reply.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

"It's my work," said Turkey, in a decisive tone, which left me no room for rejoinder.
Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald

We do not mean however to hold forth this circumstance as decisive in its condemnation.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

He had passed the decisive line and his rise was simply a question of time.
Extract from : « A Breath of Prairie and other stories » by Will Lillibridge

One speaker at length had a decisive influence on the question.
Extract from : « Memoirs Of The Court Of Marie Antoinette, Queen Of France, Complete » by Madame Campan

The Rougons still speak of it as of a glorious and decisive battle.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

Synonyms for decisive

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019