- definite
- definite 1 Definite, definitive are sometimes confused.What is definite (see also EXPLICIT) has limits so clearly fixed or defined or so unambiguously stated that there can be no doubt concerning the scope or the meaning of something so qualified{
he has very definite opinions on the matter
}{definite accomplishments
}{appointments are made for definite periods of time
}What is definitive (for fuller treatment see CONCLUSIVE) fixes or settles something else and therefore is final or decisive{a definitive statement of a doctrine
}{a definitive judicial decision by the highest court of the land
}{a definitive biography
}Analogous words: defined, prescribed, assigned (see PRESCRIBE): limited, restricted, circumscribed (see LIMIT vb): determined, settled, decided (see DECIDE)Antonyms: vague: looseContrasted words: *obscure, ambiguous, equivocal2 *explicit, express, specific, categoricalAnalogous words: clear, plain, distinct (see EVIDENT): *full, complete: downright, *forthright: precise, exact (see CORRECT adj): clear-cut, *incisiveAntonyms: indefinite: equivocalContrasted words: *doubtful, dubious, questionable
New Dictionary of Synonyms. 2014.