Antonyms for decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   make up ones mind, determine, choose, pick

2. decideverb

   To resolve (a contest, problem, dispute, etc.); to choose, determine, or settle.

   Synonyms:
   pick, determine, choose, make up ones mind

3. decideverb

   To make a judgment, especially after deliberation.

   Synonyms:
   make up ones mind, pick, determine, choose

4. decideverb

   To cause someone to come to a decision.

   Synonyms:
   pick, choose, determine, make up ones mind

Matched Categories

1. • Determine
   • End
   • Induce

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.5 / 4 votes

1. decide, make up one's mind, determineverb

   reach, make, or come to a decision about something

   "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"

   Synonyms:
   influence, square off, ascertain, adjudicate, see, set, watch, square up, settle, learn, determine, define, mold, resolve, specify, make up one's mind, fix, find out, check, find, regulate, shape, limit

2. decide, settle, resolve, adjudicateverb

   bring to an end; settle conclusively

   "The case was decided"; "The judge decided the case in favor of the plaintiff"; "The father adjudicated when the sons were quarreling over their inheritance"

   Synonyms:
   settle, judge, descend, make up, patch up, nail down, sink, settle down, go down, square off, answer, solve, subside, root, determine, purpose, steady down, go under, conclude, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, dissolve, get back, adjudicate, conciliate, make up one's mind, square up, resolve, locate, break up, try, finalize, take root

3. decideverb

   cause to decide

   "This new development finally decided me!"

   Synonyms:
   make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

4. decideverb

   influence or determine

   "The vote in New Hampshire often decides the outcome of the Presidential election"

   Synonyms:
   make up one's mind, resolve, determine, settle, adjudicate

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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   determine, settle, conclude, resolve

How to use decide in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   It is going to be important for all of us, including our legislatures, to see what we can do to make sure that when individuals decide they want to do somebody harm, we are making it a little harder for them to do it, because, right now, it's just too easy.

2. Jim Jordan:

   I am comfortable with the commander in chief having the sole authority to decide who has clearance and who doesn't.

3. Aurora Berill:

   Good things will happen when you decide to make your own happiness a priority.

4. Al Cardenas:

   I've spoken with Mitt Romney, who I consider to be a great friend and a great leader, about 2016, and I've always been under the assumption if people he trusts like Jeb Bush decide to run that he would not decide to do that.

5. Naftali Bennett:

   They decided to turn it into a terrorist state, the moment they decide that they don't want to annihilate us, this all ends.

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