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. Nathan Howard:

   We work all year for this period of time, when we're working around the clock to bring in a successful harvest, most of our success in 2021 is determined by how successful we are during these six weeks, the end of September and October.

2. Chris Messina:

   The future of digital identity should not be determined by one company( namely, Facebook), i still believe that competition in this space is better for consumers, for startups, and for the industry. And Google still remains one of the few companies( besides Apple, perhaps) that stands a chance to take on Facebook in this arena -- but Google +, as I see it, has lost its way.

3. Major League Baseball:

   After conferring with local officials, it was determined that Wednesday afternoon's game should be played without fan admittance in order to minimize safety concerns.

4. B. J. Gupta:

   There are two messages from theory of Karma. Our condition in this life is determined by our deeds in previous life. We must do good in this life to improve our conditions in next life.

5. Rob Baskin:

   What we offer to the department is determined by what the department says it needs.