Synonyms for determiner
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Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Arbiter — someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else. Someone or something (especially…
arbiter, decision-maker, decider, arbitrator, disposer, definer, decisor
2. Determinative
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Definitions
- n. 1
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else. Someone or something (especially a sentient agent) that determines; a decider of a disposition.
Who is the determiner? [administratively or theologically]
- n. 2
Someone or something that determines, or helps to determine, something else. A factor that defines something, or one among several that define it.
In quality management, the determiners of quality sometimes differ across use cases.
Related words
- Phrases
- demonstrative determiner possessive determiner
- Is a kind of
- function word
Forms
- Plural
- determiners → arbiters, decision-makers, deciders, arbitrators…
Example sentences
- arbiter An arbiter is a fair and impartial determiner of fact.
- arbitrator Ziri acted as an arbitrator.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| determiner | rising | |
| arbiter | steady | |
| arbitrator | falling | |
| decider | rising | |
| clincher | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- arbiter3, decider3, definer, decisor
- 8 letters
- clincher2, disposer3
- 10 letters
- arbitrator4
- 11 letters
- determinant4
- 13 letters
- determinative5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (arbiter3 = 3 syllables).