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Synonyms for decisive
Synonyms for decisive: conclusive and critical. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for decisive
Interchangeable with decisive in this sense
Audited under decisive's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one decisive carries in that sense.
- conclusiveadjective, in the sense "producing a definite, conclusive result that settles a contest"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name decisive as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- criticalcritical is an adjective in the sense "forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis"
one of these comes from decisive's own entry in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
producing a definite, conclusive result that settles a contest
A decisive victory in the third leg secured the series for the challengers.
The true synonym
conclusive
Same sentence, swapped: A conclusive victory in the third leg secured the series for the challengers.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- narrow
- disputed
- provisional
Where decisive turns up in the game
decisive is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where decisive is the trap
- occasionaladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is casual, in the sense "occurring on a temporary or irregular basis", and decisive is on the board beside it.
Play decisive
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so decisive reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The ring widens as it goes, from competition at Treeline outward to the whole bank.
Why the near miss missed, in the game as well as here
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. decisive carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.