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

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

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. Tom Wicker:

   If the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of the press must be to assert and defend that freedom… What the press in America needs is less inhibition, not more restraint.

2. 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.

3. William Von Raab:

   There's no greater threat to our independence, to our cherished freedoms and personal liberties than the continual, relentless injection of these insidious poisons into our system. We must decide whether we cherish independence from drugs, without which there is no freedom.

4. Writers Guild of America East:

   It is entirely possible that many of those in our industry will either want to leave the state or decide not to bring productions there.

5. Ira Glasser:

   You will be pleased to know I stand obediently for the national anthem, though of course I would defend your right to remain seated should you so decide.