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
• 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
• UNBOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
• DEFIX
  To fix; to fasten; to establish. "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.