Synonyms for Decide
dɪˈsaɪdde·cide

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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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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, decide

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, decide, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Determine
   • End
   • Induce

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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   settle, conclude, terminate, end

2. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   determine, conclude, come to a conclusion, give a decision

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1. decideverb

   Synonyms:
   determine, settle, conclude, resolve

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1. List of paraphrases for "decide":

   deciding, determine, decides, choose, decided, decision, determining, decisions, opt, resolve, adjudicate, identify

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1. Kevin Hassett:

   That's exactly how it works for every single nominee, is that there's an intent to nominate and then people fill out their forms, and then they decide, you know, whether they want to move forward after they look at what they have to recuse themselves from and so on and then the nomination officially goes to the Senate.

2. Josh Matz:

   A lot of folks think that impeachment is this mechanical process and that when the president commits high crimes and misdemeanors, [ it ] just falls out of the sky like some kind of sword of Damocles, i'm here to tell you that it doesn't. Congress has to decide whether impeachment is the right move.

3. Yolanda Fraser:

   I feel really angry about it. I feel helpless because I can't control anything that they do or decide not to do.

4. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk:

   Right now we have an incentive structure that is designed to slow it down( transition from fossil fuels), if countries decide to do a carbon tax or cap and trade, and it is real and not watered-down and weak, I think we can see a transition that is in the 15 to 20 years time frame as supposed to 40 to 50 years time frame.

5. Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker:

   For years, Illinoisans have been fighting to make our income tax system more fair to middle class families and those striving to get there, and this monumental vote in the General Assembly means that voters will have the right to decide our system for themselves in November 2020.