Word Meanings - DEFINITIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott. 2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word. 3. Determined; resolved.
Additional info about word: DEFINITIVE
1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express. A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne. Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott. 2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word. 3. Determined; resolved. Shak.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEFINITIVE)
- Conclusive
- Definitive
- indisputable
- final
- positive
- decisive
- Definite
- Clear
- specified
- determined
- definitive
- restricted
- specific
- certain
- ascertained
- precise
- exact
- fixed
- limited
- bounded
- Positive
- real
- actual
- substantial
- absolute
- independent
- unconditional
- unequivocal
- explicit
- settled
- express
- enacted
- assured
- confident
- direct
- dogmatic
- overbearing
- dogmatical
Related words: (words related to DEFINITIVE)
- SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - CONCLUSIVELY
In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke. - ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - DIRECT CURRENT
A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the - DOGMATIC
One of an ancient sect of physicians who went by general principles; -- opposed to the Empiric. - BOUNDLESS
Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite. - DIRECTER
One who directs; a director. Directer plane , the plane to which all right-lined elements in a warped surface are parallel. - CLEARLY
In a clear manner. - INDISPUTABLE
Not disputable; incontrovertible; too evident to admit of dispute. Syn. -- Incontestable; unquestionable; incontrovertible; undeniable; irrefragable; certain; positive; undoubted; sure; infallible. -- In*dis"pu*ta*ble*ness, n. -- In*dis"pu*ta*bly, - CONCLUSIVENESS
The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness. - ASCERTAINMENT
The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke. - ENACTMENT
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, - EXACTOR
One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor. - ASCERTAINABLE
That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv. - LIMITARIAN
Tending to limit. - 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. - ACTUALIZE
To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge. - ENACTURE
Enactment; resolution. Shak. - LIMITIVE
Involving a limit; as, a limitive law, one designed to limit existing powers. - 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. - HOME-BOUND
Kept at home. - OUTBOUND
Outward bound. Dryden. - REFIX
To fix again or anew; to establish anew. Fuller. - INEXACTLY
In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor. - UNLIMITED
1. Not limited; having no bounds; boundless; as, an unlimited expanse of ocean. 2. Undefined; indefinite; not bounded by proper exceptions; as, unlimited terms. "Nothing doth more prevail than unlimited generalities." Hooker. 3. Unconfined; not - UNBOUND
imp. & p. p. of Unbind. - AFFIX
figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. 1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to - DEFIX
To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.