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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | driven, persistent |
| Synonyms: | bent, bent on, buckled down, constant, decided, decisive, dogged, earnest, firm, fixed, hard-as-nails, hardboiled, intent, mean business, obstinate, on ice, pat, persevering, purposeful, resolute, resolved, serious, set, set on, settled, single-minded, solid, steadfast, strong-minded, strong-willed, stubborn, tenacious, unfaltering, unflinching, unhesitating, unwavering |
| Antonyms: | flexible, hesitating, irresolute, vacillating, wavering, weak |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discover, find out |
| Synonyms: | add up to, ascertain, boil down to, catch on, certify, check, demonstrate, detect, divine, establish, figure, figure out, have a hunch, hear, learn, make out, see, size up, tell, tumble, unearth, verify, work out |
| Antonyms: | miss, overlook |
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choose, decide |
| Synonyms: | destine, doom, elect, establish, fate, finger*, fix, foreordain, make up mind, predestine, predetermine, preform, preordain, purpose, resolve, settle |
| Antonyms: | doubt, hesitate, waver |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | determine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dictate, govern, regulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, bound, circumscribe, command, condition, control, decide, delimit, devise, direct, impel, impose, incline, induce, influence, invent, lead, limit, manage, mark off, measure, modify, plot, rule, shape |
| Main Entry: | active |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very involved in activity |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, agile, alert, alive, animated, assiduous, bold, brisk, bustling, busy, chipper, daring, dashing, determined, dexterous, diligent, dynamic, eager, energetic, engaged, enlivened, enterprising, enthusiastic, eventful, fireball, forceful, forcible, fresh, frisky, hard-working, high-spirited, hyper, industrious, intense, inventive, jumping, keen, lively, nimble, on the move, perky, persevering, purposeful, pushing, quick, rapid, ready, resolute, sharp, sprightly, spry, whiz*, zealous |
| Notes: | active knowledge is the knowledge of a language which a user actively employs in speech or writing, as opposed to passive knowledge, which is what a person understands in what he/she hears or reads |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, idle, indifferent, lazy, quiescent, quiet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adamant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unyielding |
| Synonyms: | determined, firm, fixed, hanging tough, hard-nosed, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, pat, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, set in stone, standing pat, stiff, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable, unswayable |
| Antonyms: | flexible, pliant, submissive, yielding |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring success |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, power-loving, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, self-starting, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous |
| Antonyms: | content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | undoubtable, valid |
| Synonyms: | absolute, ascertained, authoritative, clear, conclusive, confirmable, definite, demonstrable, destined, determined, establishable, evident, firm, fixed, genuine, guaranteed, having down pat, in the bag, incontrovertible, indubitable, infallible, irrefutable, known, on ice, plain, positive, predestined, provable, real, reliable, safe, salted away, set, sound, supreme, sure, sure thing, true, trustworthy, unambiguous, undeniable, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unmistakable, verifiable |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, dubious, faltering, questionable, uncertain, unreliable, unsure |
| Main Entry: | certain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fixed |
| Synonyms: | assured, bound, certified, concluded, decided, definite, determined, ensured, established, guaranteed, insured, set, settled, stated, stipulated, sure, warranted |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, undecided, unfixed, unpredictable |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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