decisive factor

1. 1.

   a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively

   Synonymsclincher

   Broaderdeterminant

Questions about decisive factor

What does decisive factor mean?

decisive factor means "a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively".

What is another word for decisive factor?

Close synonyms include clincher. 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.

Is decisive factor a common word?

decisive factor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.