Word Meanings - DEFINITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell. 2. Having certain limits

Additional info about word: DEFINITE

1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval. Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell. 2. Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression. 3. Determined; resolved. Shak. 4. Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article. Definite article , the article the, which is used to designate a particular person or thing, or a particular class of persons or things; -- also called a definitive. See Definitive, n. -- Definite inflorescence. See Determinate inflorescence, under Determinate. -- Law of definite proportions , the essential law of chemical combination that every definite compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by weight; and, if two or more elements form more than one compound with each other, the relative proportions of each are fixed. Compare Law of multiple proportions, under Multiple.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEFINITE)

• Distinct
• Separate
• independent
• unconnected
• detached
• disjoined
• unlike
• definite
• obvious
• different
• dissimilar
• clear
• conspicuous
• plain
• perspicuous
• explicit
• Plain
• detailed
• inobscure
• declaratory
• categorical
• stated
• distinctly stated
• express
• determinate
• final
• Terminal
• last
• latest
• conclusive
• developed
• ultimate
• decisive
• Precise
• Definite
• exact
• nice
• pointed
• accurate
• correct
• particular
• formal
• scrupulous
• terse
• punctilious
• ceremonious

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEFINITE)

• Spare
• falsify
• corrupt

Related words: (words related to DEFINITE)

• FORMALITY
  The dress prescribed for any body of men, academical, municipal, or sacerdotal. The doctors attending her in their formalities as far as Shotover. Fuller. 6. That which is formal; the formal part. It unties the inward knot of marriage, . . . while
• STATUELESS
  Without a statue.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• CONCLUSIVELY
  In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.
• ACCURATENESS
  The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
• DISTINCTNESS
  1. The quality or state of being distinct; a separation or difference that prevents confusion of parts or things. The soul's . . . distinctness from the body. Cudworth. 2. Nice discrimination; hence, clearness; precision; as, he stated
• STATEHOOD
  The condition of being a State; as, a territory seeking Statehood.
• STATUED
  Adorned with statues. "The statued hall." Longfellow. "Statued niches." G. Eliot.
• TERSE
  1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive. Sir T. Browne. 2. Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons. "Your polite and terse gallants."
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• DIFFERENTIALLY
  In the way of differentiation.
• STATABLE
  That can be stated; as, a statablegrievance; the question at issue is statable.
• CONCLUSIVENESS
  The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• CORRECTLY
  In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.
• STATIONARINESS
  The quality or state of being stationary; fixity.
• DISJOINT
  Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• CORRUPTIONIST
  One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• ANTEPENULTIMATE
  Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n.
• CREBRICOSTATE
  Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.
• ESTATLICH; ESTATLY
  Stately; dignified. Chaucer.
• SAGEBRUSH STATE
  Nevada; -- a nickname.
• REFORMALIZE
  To affect reformation; to pretend to correctness.
• HEMASTATICS
  Laws relating to the equilibrium of the blood in the blood vessels.
• OLD LINE STATE
  Maryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.
• MENOSTATION
  See MENOSTASIS
• INSEPARATE
  Not separate; together; united. Shak.
• ENSTATE
  See INSTATE
• BIOSTATICS
  The physical phenomena of organized bodies, in opposition to their organic or vital phenomena.
• WEATHER STATION
  A station for taking meteorological observations, making weather forecasts, or disseminating such information. Such stations are of the first order when they make observations of all the important elements either hourly or by self-registering
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.