decisive

Questions about decisive

What does decisive mean?

decisive means "determining or having the power to determine an outcome". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in decisive?

decisive has 3 syllables: de-ci-sive. The stress falls on "ci". In IPA it is /dɪˈsaɪsɪv/.

What is another word for decisive?

Close synonyms include critical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of decisive?

The recorded antonyms are indecisive, indecisive.

Is decisive a common word?

decisive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with decisive?

2 words rhyme with decisive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.