determining factor

1. 1.

   a determining or causal element or factor

   “education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life”

   Synonymsdeterminantdeterminerdeterminativecausal factor

   Broadercognitive factor

   Narrowerclincherinfluence
2. 2.

   an argument that is conclusive

   Synonymsclincherdeterminer

   Broaderargument

Questions about determining factor

What does determining factor mean?

determining factor means "a determining or causal element or factor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for determining factor?

Close synonyms include determinant, determiner, determinative, causal factor, 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 determining factor a common word?

determining 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.