decided

The word “decided” has 3 syllables: de-cid-ed

It's pronounced as /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for decided?

In the thesaurus, “decided” has 242 synonyms and 100 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for decided along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for decided

  • absolute
  • adjudged
  • adjudicated
  • affirmed
  • apparent
  • appreciable
  • approved
  • arbitrated
  • arranged
  • ascertained
  • assertive
  • assumed
  • assured
  • authorized
  • bald
  • bald-faced
  • barefaced
  • bargained
  • bent
  • black-and-white
  • blueprinted
  • bright-line
  • broad
  • calculated
  • categorical
  • certain
  • chaffered
  • charted
  • chewed over
  • chose
  • cinched
  • clarified
  • clean
  • clean-cut
  • clear
  • clear-cut
  • cleared
  • clinched
  • closed
  • cocksure
  • cogitated
  • cognizable
  • cognoscible
  • completed
  • comprehendible
  • comprehensible
  • concerted
  • concluded
  • confirmed
  • conjectured
  • considered
  • construed
  • contemplated
  • contracted
  • crystal clear
  • culled
  • dealt
  • debated
  • decipherable
  • decisive
  • decreed
  • deduced
  • deemed
  • defined
  • deliberate
  • deliberated
  • demonstrated
  • derived
  • designed
  • destined
  • determined
  • dickered
  • digestible
  • discernable
  • discernible
  • disposed of
  • distinct
  • drafted
  • drew a conclusion
  • earnest
  • elected
  • emphatic
  • ended
  • ensured
  • entertained
  • established
  • evident
  • explicit
  • express
  • extrapolated
  • fair
  • fated
  • fathomable
  • figured
  • finalized
  • finished
  • firm
  • fixed
  • for sure
  • found
  • found out
  • framed
  • gathered
  • graspable
  • guessed
  • haggled
  • hammered out
  • handpicked
  • heard
  • horse-traded
  • illuminated
  • in the bag
  • indisputable
  • inferred
  • inflexible
  • insured
  • intelligible
  • intent
  • interpreted
  • intrigued
  • iron-jawed
  • judged
  • knowable
  • laid out
  • legible
  • lucid
  • luculent
  • luminous
  • made out
  • maneuvered
  • manifest
  • mediated
  • meditated
  • moderated
  • mulish
  • nailed
  • named
  • negotiated
  • nonambiguous
  • noticeable
  • observable
  • obvious
  • okayed
  • on ice
  • open-and-shut
  • opted
  • overt
  • palpable
  • patent
  • pellucid
  • perceptible
  • perspicuous
  • philosophized
  • picked
  • plain
  • planned
  • pledged
  • pondered
  • positive
  • prearranged
  • predetermined
  • preferred
  • programed
  • programmed
  • promised
  • pronounced
  • prosecuted
  • proved
  • purposeful
  • questioned
  • rationalized
  • read
  • readable
  • reasoned
  • recognizable
  • redetermined
  • refereed
  • rejudged
  • resolute
  • resolved
  • ringing
  • ruled
  • ruminated
  • runaway
  • sanctioned
  • schematized
  • schemed
  • secured
  • selected
  • self-evident
  • self-explanatory
  • sensible
  • serious
  • set
  • settled
  • shaped
  • showed
  • simple
  • sized up
  • specified
  • speculated
  • squared away
  • stated
  • stipulated
  • straightforward
  • strong-minded
  • studied
  • supposed
  • sure
  • surmised
  • tangible
  • thought
  • tidy
  • transparent
  • trenchant
  • tried
  • umpired
  • unalterable
  • unambiguous
  • unambivalent
  • unbending
  • uncomplicated
  • undeniable
  • understandable
  • understood
  • undisguised
  • undisputed
  • unequivocal
  • unfaltering
  • unhesitating
  • unmistakable
  • unquestionable
  • unwavering
  • unyielding
  • visible
  • warranted
  • weighed
  • well-defined
  • winded up
  • worked out
  • wound up
  • wrapped up

Antonyms for decided

  • aborted
  • abstained
  • ambiguous
  • called
  • called off
  • changeable
  • clouded
  • cloudy
  • confused
  • contested
  • countered
  • cryptic
  • dark
  • debated
  • declined
  • deferential
  • delayed
  • delaying
  • disputed
  • doubtful
  • dropped
  • dubious
  • enigmatic
  • enigmatical
  • equivocal
  • equivocated
  • flexible
  • fuzzy
  • gauzy
  • gray
  • grey
  • halted
  • hazy
  • hedged
  • hesitant
  • hesitated
  • illegible
  • impalpable
  • imperceptible
  • imprecise
  • inappreciable
  • incomprehensible
  • indecipherable
  • indefinite
  • indeterminate
  • indiscernible
  • indistinct
  • insensible
  • irresolute
  • misty
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • murky
  • mysterious
  • nebulous
  • noncommittal
  • nonobvious
  • obfuscated
  • objected
  • obscure
  • opposed
  • postponing
  • procrastinating
  • protested
  • pussyfooted
  • recalled
  • refused
  • rejected
  • repealed
  • rescinded
  • resisted
  • revoked
  • shilly-shallied
  • sketchy
  • skirted
  • slippery
  • soft
  • stalled
  • subtle
  • temporized
  • turned down
  • unapparent
  • uncertain
  • unclarified
  • unclear
  • unconfident
  • undecided
  • undecipherable
  • unfathomable
  • unfixed
  • unintelligible
  • unknowable
  • unreadable
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • vacillated
  • vague
  • waffled
  • wavered
  • wavering

Meanings of decided

  • verb
    1. To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.
    2. To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.
    3. To cause someone to come to a decision.
    4. To cut off; to separate.
  • adjective
    1. Determined; resolute.
    2. Clear; unmistakable.

Example Sentences

  • She finally decided to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.
  • The team decided to reschedule the meeting for next week.
  • After much thought, he decided to move to a new city.
  • They decided on a color scheme for the wedding decorations.
  • The jury decided in favor of the defendant after reviewing all the evidence.

On this page you'll find 342 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to decided, such as: aborted, absolute, abstained, adjudged, adjudicated, affirmed, ambiguous.

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Related Words

absolute

  • absolutist
  • accurate
  • actual
  • airtight
  • all-out
  • all-powerful
  • almighty
  • antidemocratic
  • antirepublican
  • arbitrary
  • arrant
  • authentic
  • authoritarian
  • autocratic
  • autocratical
  • autonomous
  • blank
  • blooming
  • bodacious
  • bulletproof
  • categoric
  • categorical
  • certain
  • clarified
  • classic
  • clean
  • clear
  • cogent
  • compelling
  • complete
  • completed
  • concentrated
  • conclusive
  • confirmed
  • constant
  • consummate
  • convincing
  • correct
  • crashing
  • czarist
  • damn
  • damned
  • dandy
  • dead
  • deadly
  • decided
  • deciding
  • decisive
  • definite
  • definitive
  • despotic
  • determinate
  • determinative
  • dictatorial
  • dispositive
  • domineering
  • downright
  • dreadful
  • endless
  • entire
  • eternal
  • exact
  • excellent
  • exceptional
  • expert
  • extraordinary
  • extreme
  • fabulous
  • factual
  • fair
  • fancy
  • faultless
  • filtered
  • fine
  • finished
  • first-class
  • first-rate
  • fixed
  • flat
  • flat out
  • flat-out
  • flawless
  • free
  • fresh
  • frightful
  • full
  • full-bodied
  • genuine
  • grand
  • great
  • habitual
  • hands-down
  • high-grade
  • high-handed
  • hopeless
  • horrible
  • huge
  • ideal
  • immaculate
  • impeccable
  • imperious
  • inarguable
  • incontestable
  • incontrovertible
  • indefectible
  • indisputable
  • indubitable
  • inerrant
  • infallible
  • infinite
  • intact
  • inveterate
  • irrefutable
  • irreproachable
  • jackbooted
  • last
  • letter-perfect
  • magisterial
  • main
  • marvellous
  • marvelous
  • masterful
  • masterly
  • mint
  • monocratic
  • neat
  • no catch
  • no fine print
  • no holds barred
  • no ifs ands or buts
  • no joke
  • no strings attached
  • omnipotent
  • oppressive
  • out-and-out
  • outright
  • perfect
  • perfected
  • perpetual
  • persuasive
  • picture-book
  • picture-perfect
  • plain
  • plenary
  • plumb
  • polished
  • positive
  • precise
  • preeminent
  • prime
  • profound
  • pure
  • purified
  • rank
  • real
  • refined
  • regular
  • rendered
  • seamless
  • self-governing
  • self-ruling
  • sheer
  • simple
  • sovereign
  • sovran
  • special
  • stark
  • stone
  • straight
  • straight out
  • straight-out
  • strong
  • superb
  • superior
  • superlative
  • supreme
  • sure
  • surpassing
  • taintless
  • telling
  • terrible
  • terrific
  • thorough
  • thoroughgoing
  • top
  • top-notch
  • total
  • totalitarian
  • tried
  • tsarist
  • tyrannic
  • tyrannical
  • tyrannous
  • tzarist
  • ultimate
  • unabridged
  • unadulterated
  • unalloyed
  • unambiguous
  • unanswerable
  • unblemished
  • unbruised
  • unchallenged
  • uncombined
  • unconditional
  • uncontaminated
  • uncontested
  • uncorrupted
  • undamaged
  • undebatable
  • undefiled
  • undeniable
  • undiluted
  • undisputable
  • undisputed
  • undying
  • unequivocal
  • unerring
  • unfailing
  • unflawed
  • unimpaired
  • uninjured
  • unlimited
  • unmarred
  • unmitigated
  • unmixed
  • unpolluted
  • unqualified
  • unquestionable
  • unremitting
  • unrestricted
  • unspoiled
  • unsurpassed
  • untainted
  • untarnished
  • utter
  • veritable
  • very
  • whole

absolutely

  • abundantly
  • actually
  • admittedly
  • all
  • all of
  • all over
  • altogether
  • assuredly
  • basically
  • by and large
  • categorically
  • certainly
  • chiefly
  • clean
  • cold
  • come hell or high water
  • completely
  • conclusively
  • consummately
  • copiously
  • dead
  • decidedly
  • decisively
  • definitely
  • doubtless
  • downright
  • easily
  • enough
  • entire
  • entirely
  • even
  • exactly
  • fast
  • flat
  • flat-out
  • for sure
  • forsooth
  • frankly
  • full
  • fully
  • generally
  • generously
  • greatly
  • hands down
  • heartily
  • honestly
  • indeed
  • indisputably
  • indubitably
  • largely
  • mainly
  • more or less
  • mostly
  • no ifs ands or buts
  • no strings attached
  • on the button
  • on the money
  • on the nose
  • out
  • overall
  • perfectly
  • plain
  • plumb
  • positively
  • precisely
  • predominantly
  • predominately
  • primarily
  • principally
  • purely
  • quite
  • radically
  • realistically
  • really
  • right on
  • soundly
  • stone
  • stone-cold
  • straight out
  • substantially
  • sure as can be
  • sure as hell
  • sure enough
  • surely
  • the very thing
  • thoroughly
  • through and through
  • totally
  • truly
  • truthfully
  • unambiguously
  • unconditionally
  • undoubtedly
  • unqualifiedly
  • unquestionably
  • utterly
  • verily
  • veritably
  • well
  • wholly
  • wide

abusively

  • aggressively
  • assertively
  • brutally
  • brutishly
  • callously
  • cold-bloodedly
  • decidedly
  • determinedly
  • firmly
  • grimly
  • gruffly
  • hard
  • hard-heartedly
  • hardly
  • harshly
  • heartlessly
  • ill
  • inhumanely
  • inhumanly
  • insensately
  • insensitively
  • mercilessly
  • obdurately
  • oppressively
  • pitilessly
  • resolutely
  • roughly
  • ruthlessly
  • savagely
  • severely
  • sternly
  • stiffly
  • strongly
  • toughly
  • tyrannically
  • uncharitably
  • unfeelingly
  • unmercifully
  • unsparingly
  • viciously

accented

  • absolute
  • accentuated
  • advertised
  • assertive
  • assured
  • boosted
  • bore down on
  • categorical
  • certain
  • cogent
  • confident
  • decided
  • definite
  • definitive
  • determined
  • direct
  • distinct
  • dogmatic
  • dynamic
  • earnest
  • emphasized
  • energetic
  • explicit
  • express
  • featured
  • flat
  • focused
  • focussed
  • for a face
  • forceful
  • forcible
  • foregrounded
  • highlighted
  • identified
  • illuminated
  • important
  • impressive
  • made much of
  • marked
  • momentous
  • no mistake
  • overplayed
  • pinpointed
  • played up
  • plugged
  • pointed
  • positive
  • potent
  • powerful
  • pressed
  • promoted
  • pronounced
  • publicized
  • punctuated
  • resounding
  • significant
  • sober
  • solemn
  • spotlighted
  • spotlit
  • stressed
  • striking
  • strong
  • sure
  • telling
  • trenchant
  • unmistakable
  • vigorous

baffled

  • abashed
  • addled
  • addlepated
  • adhered
  • agape
  • aghast
  • agitated
  • agnostic
  • agog
  • appalled
  • arrested
  • astonished
  • astounded
  • at a loss
  • at sea
  • at sixes and sevens
  • averted
  • awe-struck
  • awed
  • balked
  • bamboozled
  • barred
  • beat
  • befogged
  • befuddled
  • beguiled
  • bemused
  • bested
  • bewildered
  • blocked
  • bollixed
  • bothered
  • bowled over
  • buffaloed
  • caught
  • chagrined
  • checked
  • checkmated
  • circumvented
  • clogged
  • clueless
  • come apart
  • come unzipped
  • confounded
  • confused
  • confusional
  • conquered
  • counteracted
  • cowed
  • cozened
  • crushed
  • dazed
  • dazzled
  • deceived
  • defeated
  • deluded
  • disappointed
  • discombobulated
  • discomfited
  • discomforted
  • discomposed
  • disconcerted
  • discountenanced
  • disheartened
  • dismayed
  • disorganized
  • disoriented
  • disquieted
  • distracted
  • distressed
  • distrustful
  • disturbed
  • dizzy
  • dopey
  • doubtful
  • doubting
  • dubious
  • dumbfounded
  • dumbstruck
  • duped
  • embarrassed
  • encumbered
  • equivocal
  • faithless
  • faltering
  • fazed
  • fettered
  • fixed
  • flabbergasted
  • flipped-out
  • floored
  • flummoxed
  • flustered
  • foggy
  • foiled
  • fooled
  • forestalled
  • fouled-up
  • foxed
  • frozen
  • frustrated
  • fuddled
  • giddy
  • glassy-eyed
  • glued
  • gone
  • got
  • graveled
  • gravelled
  • gulled
  • halted
  • hampered
  • handicapped
  • hard put
  • hard-pressed
  • held back
  • hesitant
  • hesitating
  • hindered
  • hoaxed
  • hobbled
  • hoodwinked
  • humbled
  • humbugged
  • hung up
  • impeded
  • in a dither
  • in a fog
  • in a quandary
  • in clouds
  • in dilemma
  • indecisive
  • inhibited
  • irresolute
  • joined
  • licked
  • like doubting Thomas
  • lost
  • loused up
  • manacled
  • mastered
  • mazed
  • messed-up
  • mind-blown
  • mired
  • misguided
  • misled
  • mixed up
  • mortified
  • mucked up
  • muddied
  • muddled
  • mystified
  • negated
  • neutralized
  • nonplused
  • nonplussed
  • not following
  • not with it
  • nullified
  • obstructed
  • obviated
  • of two minds
  • offset
  • out to lunch
  • overcame
  • overcome
  • overpowered
  • overthrown
  • overwhelmed
  • perplexed
  • perturbed
  • posed
  • precluded
  • prevented
  • punch-drunk
  • punchy
  • put out
  • put to it
  • puzzled
  • questioning
  • rattled
  • reeling
  • routed
  • ruined
  • saddled
  • screwed-up
  • screwy
  • set back
  • shackled
  • shocked
  • shook
  • shook-up
  • short-circuited
  • shot to pieces
  • skeptical
  • slap-happy
  • slaphappy
  • snowed
  • spaced out
  • speechless
  • staggered
  • stalled
  • startled
  • stopped
  • strung along
  • stuck
  • stumped
  • stunned
  • stupefied
  • stymied
  • subjugated
  • surmounted
  • surprised
  • suspicious
  • taken aback
  • tentative
  • theoretical
  • thrown
  • thrown off balance
  • thunderstruck
  • thwarted
  • tied up
  • took in
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • tricked
  • troubled
  • trounced
  • turbid
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undone
  • unglued
  • unhinged
  • unresolved
  • unscrewed
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • vacillating
  • vanquished
  • vexed
  • vext
  • wavering
  • weirded out
  • without a clue
  • without belief
  • woolly
  • worsted

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