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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | authorized, legitimate |
| Synonyms: | accredited, approved, authentic, authenticated, authoritative, bona fide, canonical, cathedral, ceremonious, certified, cleared, conclusive, correct, customary, decided, decisive, definite, endorsed, established, ex cathedra, ex officio, fitting, formal, legitimate, licensed, okay*, ordered, orthodox, positive, precise, proper, real, recognized, rightful, sanctioned, suitable, true, valid |
| Notes: | an official (noun) is one who holds or is invested with an office or a referee or umpire in a game or sport - (adjective) having official authority or of or relating to an office; officious means marked by excessive eagerness in offering services or advice where they are neither requested nor needed |
| Antonyms: | unauthorized, unofficial, unsanctioned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | persuasive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effective, influential |
| Synonyms: | actuating, alluring, cogent, compelling, conclusive, convictive, convincing, credible, effectual, efficacious, efficient, eloquent, energetic, enticing, forceful, forcible, impelling, impressive, inducing, inspiring, inveigling, logical, luring, moving, plausible, pointed, potent, powerful, seductive, slick, smooth, sound, stimulating, stringent, strong, swaying, telling, touching, unctuous, valid, weighty, wheedling, winning |
| Antonyms: | dampening, discouraging, disheartening, dissuasive, ineffective, ineffectual |
| Main Entry: | positive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, certain |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, affirmative, assured, categorical, clear, clear-cut, cocksure, cold*, complete, conclusive, concrete, confident, consummate, convinced, decided, decisive, direct, downright, explicit, express, factual, firm, forceful, forcible, genuine, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, out-and-out, outright, perfect, rank, real, specific, sure, thorough, thoroughgoing, unambiguous, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable, unmitigated |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, indefinite, negative, uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | secure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, definite |
| Synonyms: | able, absolute, assured, at ease, balanced, carefree, cinch, conclusive, confident, determined, easy, established, firm, hopeful, in the bag, locked on, nailed down, on ice, reassured, reliable, resolute, sanguine, self-assured, self-confident, settled, shoo-in, solid, sound, stable, steadfast, steady, strong, sure, sure thing, tried and true, unanxious, undoubtful, well-founded |
| Antonyms: | indefinite, insecure, uncertain, undecided, unsure |
| Main Entry: | ultimate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | last, final |
| Synonyms: | capping, chips down, closing, concluding, conclusive, decisive, end, eventual, extreme, far out, farthermost, farthest, final curtain, furthermost, furthest, hindmost, latest, latter, lattermost, most distant, terminal |
| Antonyms: | beginning, first, introductory, opening |
| Main Entry: | undisputed/undisputable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | positive, accepted |
| Synonyms: | acknowledged, admitted, arbitrary, assured, authoritative, beyond question, certain, conclusive, decided, dogmatic, final, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, not disputed, recognized, sure, tyrannous, unchallenged, uncontested, undeniable, undoubted, unequivocal, unerring, unquestioned |
| Antonyms: | disputable, disputed, doubtful, dubious, negative, uncertain, unsure |
| Main Entry: | unquestionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite; beyond doubt |
| Synonyms: | absolute, accurate, authentic, bona fide*, certain, clear, cold, conclusive, dependable, down pat, downright, established, faultless, flat*, flawless, for certain, genuine, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, manifest, no ifs ands or buts, obvious, pat, patent, perfect, positive, real, reliable, self-evident, superior, sure, sure-enough, true, undeniable, undisputable, undoubted, unequivocal, unimpeachable, unmistakable, veritable, well-founded, well-grounded |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, indefinite, questionable, uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | right, genuine |
| Synonyms: | accurate, attested, authentic, authoritative, binding, bona fide, cogent, compelling, conclusive, confirmed, convincing, credible, determinative, efficacious, efficient, good, in force, irrefutable, just, kosher*, lawful, legal, legit, legitimate, logical, official, original, persuasive, potent, powerful, proven, pure, solid, sound, stringent, strong, substantial, telling, tested, true, trustworthy, ultimate, unadulterated, unanswerable, uncorrupted, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded |
| Antonyms: | invalid, unacceptable, unreal, unsound, wrong |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | whole |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | entire, complete |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, aggregate, all, choate, completed, concentrated, conclusive, consummate, every, exclusive, exhaustive, fixed, fulfilled, full, full-length, gross, in one piece, inclusive, integral, outright, perfect, plenary, rounded, total, unabbreviated, unabridged, uncut, undivided, unexpurgated, unqualified, utter |
| Notes: | a hole is an opening or cavity into or through something, while whole means complete, not divided a whole comprises its parts, consists of its parts, and is composed of its parts; parts constitute a whole |
| Antonyms: | fractional, incomplete, part, partial |
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