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Definitions of conclusive
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final and deciding; " the conclusive reason"
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Final; decisive.
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Conclusiveness.
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Decisive.
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Decisive; final.
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expressing finality with no implication of possible change; " an absolute ( or unequivocal) quarantee to respect the nation's authority"; " inability to make a conclusive ( or unequivocal) refusal"
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Final: convincing.
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forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; " conclusive proof"; " the evidence is conclusive"
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Conclusively.
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Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
Antonyms for conclusive
irrelevant, immaterial, nip and tuck, invalid, shaky, feeble, unconvincing, groundless, developmental, debatable, inconsequential, nisi, weak, trial, equivocal, neck and neck, disputable, unclear, Debated, unsound, arguable, disputed, Issuable, refutable, moot, controversial, questionable, indecisive, inconclusive, unpersuasive, head-to-head, experimental, uncompelling, insignificant, problematic, doubtful, unimportant, Doubtable, ineffective, indeterminate, negotiable, ambiguous, unfounded, Controvertible.
Quotes of conclusive
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The verdict of the world is conclusive
– Saint Aurelius Augustine -
Argument is conclusive but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.
– Roger Bacon -
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
– Ann Landers -
Know yourself. Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
– Ann Landers -
Only by observing this condition would the results of our work be regarded as fully conclusive and as having elucidated the normal course of the phenomena.
– Ivan Pavlov -
I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
Usage examples for conclusive
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“ This should make me doubt myself, perhaps; but they crowd again, and seem so conclusive until I have written them down. ”
– The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith by George Meredith -
“ Yet this is not conclusive ”
– The English Language by Robert Gordon Latham -
“ They are not true for all cases, but some of them are true for most or for a good many, and they may be applied with a certain probability though they are not rigidly conclusive ”
– Logic, Inductive and Deductive by William Minto -
“ But the answers are not satisfactory; at any rate they are not conclusive ”
– The Ethnology of the British Islands by Robert Gordon Latham -
“ My old friends Bradbury and Evans, the proprietors of Punch, could show you the document conclusive on the subject. ”
– The History of "Punch" by M. H. Spielmann -
“ It is hard perhaps to pass so heavy a sentence upon seemingly so slight an offence, but we are forced to believe that the very existence and presence of this evil, in its more rampant and impudent state, is of itself conclusive upon the point of good or evil government, upon the question of the predominance of human charity or of the blackest intensity of malice. ”
– A Cursory History of Swearing by Julian Sharman -
“ He did not, for an instant, believe that such things really and literally happened, and yet it was difficult to advance any absolutely conclusive argument against them. ”
– The Necromancers by Robert Hugh Benson -
“ " This is a conclusive study," murmured Durtal, " but not that which would lead to La Trappe. ”
– En Route by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans -
“ Could proof be more conclusive ”
– Philosopher Jack by R.M. Ballantyne -
“ The arguments he means to use are few and conclusive ”
– The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter -
“ Although this isn't conclusive it seems logical enough. ”
– Diplomatic Immunity by Robert Sheckley -
“ On the first point the reply of the Army itself was prompt and conclusive ”
– Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara by George Bernard Shaw -
“ The decision of that most eminent artist was conclusive ”
– Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner -
“ Besides all this, they gave the maid a quarter, which was the most conclusive evidence of all. ”
– St. Cuthbert's by Robert E. Knowles -
“ And the fact that we live is in itself conclusive that we are yet needed in the world by all who can be affected by our mortal existence. ”
– After the Storm by T. S. Arthur -
“ The blush, and a certain warmth in her tone, seemed to Sophia conclusive evidence of her hidden regard for this man. ”
– The Lovels of Arden by M. E. Braddon -
“ Were the experiments authoritative and conclusive ”
– The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey (AKA Dale Carnegie) and J. Berg Esenwein -
“ The fact that the stone was left so that it could be at once opened is conclusive proof to my mind that the treasure never came. ”
– The Treasure of the Incas by G. A. Henty -
“ This seemed to be conclusive ”
– Janice Day by Helen Beecher Long