Synonyms: resolute, unhesitating
Definition: characterized by quickness and firmness
Usage: his reply was unhesitating
Similar words: decisive
Definition: characterized by decision and firmness
Usage: an able and decisive young woman; we needed decisive leadership; she gave him a decisive answer
Synonyms: resolute
Definition: firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
Usage: stood resolute against the enemy; faced with a resolute opposition; a resolute and unshakeable faith
Similar words: dead set, bent, bent on, out to
Definition: fixed in your purpose
Usage: bent on going to the theater; dead set against intervening; out to win every event
Similar words: determined
Definition: characterized by great determination
Usage: a struggle against a determined enemy
Similar words: do-or-die, desperate
Definition: desperately determined
Usage: do-or-die revolutionaries; a do-or-die conflict
Similar words: unbendable, unfaltering, steadfast, steady, stiff, unshakable, unwavering, firm
Definition: marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
Usage: firm convictions; a firm mouth; steadfast resolve; a man of unbendable perseverence; unwavering loyalty
Similar words: foursquare
Definition: characterized by firm and unwavering conviction
Usage: a foursquare refusal to yield
Similar words: hell-bent
Definition: recklessly determined
Usage: hell-bent on winning
Similar words: resolved, single-minded
Definition: determined
Usage: she was firmly resolved to be a doctor; single-minded in his determination to stop smoking
Similar words: spartan
Definition: resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
Usage: spartan courage
Similar words: stalwart, stout
Definition: dependable
Usage: the stalwart citizens at Lexington; a stalwart supporter of the UN; stout hearts
Similar words: undaunted, undismayed, unshaken
Definition: unshaken in purpose
Usage: wholly undismayed by the commercial failure of the three movies he had made
Similar words: undeterred, undiscouraged
Definition: not deterred
Usage: pursued his own path...undeterred by lack of popular appreciation and understanding- Osbert Sitwell