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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Decisive \De*ci*sive\, adjective [Cf. F. d['e]cisif. See {Decision}.]
1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. ''A decisive, irrevocable doom.'' --Bates. ''Decisive campaign.'' --Macaulay. ''Decisive proof.'' --Hallam.
2. Marked by promptness and decision.
A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. --J. Foster.
Syn: Decided; positive; conclusive. See {Decided}. -- {De*ci"sive*ly}, adverb -- {De*ci"sive*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
decisive
adjective
1: determining or having the power to determine an outcome; "cast the decisive vote"; "two factors had a decisive influence" [ant: {indecisive}]
2: unmistakable; "had a decisive lead in the polls"
3: characterized by decision and firmness; "an able an decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer" [ant: {indecisive}]
4: forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis; "a critical point in the campaign"; "the critical test" [syn: {critical}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
193 Moby Thesaurus words for "decisive": absolute, adducible, admissible, admitting no exception, alert, all-out, apodictic, apt, assured, assuring, attestative, attestive, authentic, authoritative, based on, behind the scenes, bent, binding, bound, bound and determined, categorical, causal, causative, certain, charged, circumstantial, clear, clear and distinct, clear as day, climacteric, committed, complete, compulsory, conclusive, constitutive, convictional, convincing, critical, crucial, cumulative, damning, decided, decretory, dedicated, definite, definitive, determinate, determinative, determined, devoted, dictated, documentary, documented, downright, earnest, effectual, emergent, entailed, entire, etiological, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exigent, expeditious, explicit, express, eye-witness, factual, final, firsthand, fixed, flat, flat-out, formative, founded on, global, grounded on, hard-and-fast, hearsay, immediate, imperative, imperious, implicit, imposed, impressive, inappealable, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, ineluctable, inevitable, instant, instantaneous, institutive, intent, irrefutable, irresistible, irrevocable, kairotic, loaded, mandated, mandatory, masterful, material, must, necessary, nuncupative, obligatory, obstinate, occasional, originative, out-and-out, outright, overwhelming, peremptory, perfect, perfectly sure, persevering, persistent, persuasive, pivotal, positive, predestined, predetermined, pregnant, prescript, prescriptive, presumptive, probative, prompt, punctual, purposeful, quick, ready, relentless, reliable, required, resolute, resolved, round, satisfactory, satisfying, self-assured, self-confident, serious, set, settled, significant, sincere, single-minded, speedy, steadfast, straight, straight-out, suggestive, summary, sure, sure-enough, swift, symptomatic, telling, tenacious, total, true, ultimate, unambiguous, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, undoubting, unequivocal, unhampered, unhesitating, univocal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unqualified, unquestioning, unreserved, unrestricted, unswerving, unwaivable, unwavering, utter, valid, weighty, whole, wholehearted, without appeal, without exception, without reserve
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