deciding

The word “deciding” has 3 syllables: de-cid-ing

It's pronounced as /dɪˈsaɪ.dɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for deciding?

In the thesaurus, “deciding” has 177 synonyms and 64 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for deciding

absolute
adjudging
adjudicating
affirming
approving
arbitrating
arranging
ascertaining
assuming
assuring
authorizing
bargaining
blueprinting
calculating
certain
chaffering
charting
chewing over
chief
choosing
clarifying
clear
clearing
clinching
closing
cogent
cogitating
compelling
completing
concerting
concluding
conclusive
confirming
conjecturing
considering
construing
contemplating
contracting
convincing
critical
crucial
culling
dealing
debating
decisive
decreeing
deducing
deeming
defining
definite
definitive
deliberating
demonstrating
deriving
designing
determinate
determinative
determining
dickering
disposing of
dispositive
drafting
drawing a conclusion
electing
ending
ensuring
entertaining
establishing
extrapolating
figuring
finalizing
finding
finding out
finishing
fixing
framing
gathering
guessing
haggling
hammering out
handpicking
hands-down
hearing
horse-trading
illuminating
important
inarguable
incontestable
incontrovertible
indisputable
indubitable
inferring
influential
insuring
interpreting
intriguing
irrefutable
judging
key
last
laying out
making out
maneuvering
mediating
meditating
moderating
nailing
naming
necessary
negotiating
okaying
opting
persuasive
philosophizing
picking
planning
pledging
pondering
positive
preferring
prime
principal
programing
programming
promising
prosecuting
proving
questioning
rationalizing
reading
reasoning
redetermining
refereeing
rejudging
resolving
ruling
ruminating
sanctioning
schematizing
scheming
securing
selecting
setting
settling
shaping
showing
significant
sizing up
specifying
speculating
squaring away
stating
stipulating
studying
supposing
sure
surmising
telling
thinking
trying
umpiring
unambiguous
unanswerable
unchallenged
uncontested
undebatable
undeniable
understanding
undisputable
undisputed
unequivocal
unquestionable
warranting
weighing
winding up
working out
wrapping up

Antonyms for deciding

aborting
abstaining
ambiguous
calling
calling off
confusing
contesting
controversial
countering
debatable
debated
debating
declining
delaying
disputable
disputed
disputing
doubtable
doubtful
dropping
equivocal
equivocating
halting
hedging
hesitating
inconclusive
indecisive
indefinite
inessential
insignificant
minor
moot
muddling
muddying
objecting
opposing
problematic
problematical
protesting
pussyfooting
questionable
recalling
refusing
refutable
rejecting
repealing
rescinding
resisting
revoking
secondary
shilly-shallying
skirting
stalling
temporizing
trivial
turning down
unclear
uncritical
unimportant
unnecessary
unsettling
vacillating
waffling
wavering

Meanings of deciding

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.

Example Sentences

She is deciding which university to attend next year.
They were deciding the best route to take before the storm hit.
The referee is deciding whether to allow the goal.
He spent hours deciding what to wear to the interview.
The team is deciding on a new strategy for the finals.

On this page you'll find 241 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to deciding, such as: aborting, absolute, abstaining, adjudging, adjudicating, affirming, ambiguous.

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