Synonyms for determined
dɪˈtɜr mɪndde·ter·mined

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.5 / 2 votes

1. determined

   The headstrong person is not to be stopped in his own course of action, while the obstinate and stubborn is not to be driven to another's way. The headstrong act; the obstinate and stubborn may simply refuse to stir. The most amiable person may be obstinate on some one point; the stubborn person is for the most part habitually so; we speak of obstinate determination, stubborn resistance. Stubborn is the term most frequently applied to the lower animals and inanimate things. Refractory implies more activity of resistance; the stubborn horse balks; the refractory animal plunges, rears, and kicks; metals that resist ordinary processes of reduction are termed refractory. One is obdurate who adheres to his purpose in spite of appeals that would move any tender-hearted or right-minded person. Contumacious refers to a proud and insolent defiance of authority, as of the summons of a court. Pertinacious demand is contrasted with obstinate refusal. The unyielding conduct which we approve we call decided, firm, inflexible, resolute; that which we condemn we are apt to term headstrong, obstinate, stubborn. Compare PERVERSE.

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, decided, dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, inflexible, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, resolute, resolved, stubborn, unconquerable, unflinching, unyielding

   Antonyms:
   amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.8 / 6 votes

1. determinedadjective

   characterized by great determination

   "a struggle against a determined enemy"

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive

   Antonyms:
   docile, ambitionless, unambitious, undetermined, unsettled, unexplained, irresolute

2. determinedadjective

   having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive

   Antonyms:
   unexplained, unsettled, ambitionless, irresolute, undetermined, unambitious, docile

3. determinedadjective

   devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

   "made continued and determined efforts to find and destroy enemy headquarters"

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive

   Antonyms:
   unexplained, irresolute, docile, unambitious, undetermined, ambitionless, unsettled

4. determined, dictated, setadjective

   determined or decided upon as by an authority

   "date and place are already determined"; "the dictated terms of surrender"; "the time set for the launching"

   Synonyms:
   set(p), dictated, set, laid, compulsive, situated, located, placed, fit(p), hardened, primed(p), fixed, driven, rigid

   Antonyms:
   docile, irresolute, ambitionless, unsettled, undetermined, unexplained, unambitious

5. compulsive, determined, drivenadjective

   strongly motivated to succeed

   Synonyms:
   set, dictated, driven, compulsive, impelled, goaded

   Antonyms:
   docile, irresolute, undetermined, ambitionless, unexplained, unsettled, unambitious

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dog-hearted

   instinct to do an action is foundational.

   people ridicled her for her love of god but she continued dog-heartedly

   Submitted by acronimous on January 11, 2018  

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1. List of paraphrases for "determined":

   committed, specified, identified, decided, resolute, determine, defined, resolved, established, calculated, determines, fixed, decisive, determinate, set, determining, certain, measured, firm, solved, specific, found, concluded, particular, given, determination, ascertained, prepared, ruled, assessed

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1. Michel Kafando:

   I can assure you that we are determined to carry on with the mission the Burkinabe people have entrusted us with, to build strong institutions and a real democracy.

2. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon:

   We are determined to act decisively in a way that builds unity across Scotland.

3. Judge Kaplan:

   If he’s determined and inventive and I suspect he’s very inventive and technologically savvy he could find a way around it and conceivably not get caught.

4. Michel Platini:

   More than a sense of injustice or desire for revenge, I am driven by a profound feeling of staunch defiance, i am more determined than ever to defend myself before the relevant judicial bodies.

5. Ben Carson on Tuesday:

   What this does is makes me more determined than ever to try to save our country.