Conclusive, decisive, determinative, definitive are comparable when they mean having or manifesting qualities that bring something to a finish or end.
Category: Synonyms
Concise vs Terse vs Succinct vs Laconic vs Summary vs Pithy vs Compendious
Concise, terse, succinct, laconic, summary, pithy, compendious are comparable when meaning briefly stated or presented or given to or manifesting brevity in statement or expression.
Concern vs Affect
Concern, affect are sometimes confused.
Conceit vs Egotism vs Egoism vs Self-esteem vs Self-love vs Amour Propre
Conceit, egotism, egoism, self-esteem, self-love, amour propre mean an attitude of regarding oneself with favor.
Compliment vs Flattery vs Adulation
Compliment, flattery, adulation all denote praise addressed directly to a person.
Compliant vs Acquiescent vs Resigned
Compliant, acquiescent, resigned, and their corresponding nouns compliance, acquiescence, resignation, are comparable when used in reference to a person, a mood, or a disposition that manifests acceptance (as of another’s will or of something disagreeable or hard to endure).
Complex vs Complicated vs Intricate vs Involved vs Knotty
Complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty are comparable when they mean having parts or elements that are more or less confusingly interrelated.
Complement vs Supplement
Complement, supplement are comparable both as nouns meaning one thing that makes up for a want or deficiency in another thing and as verbs meaning to supply what is needed to make up for such a want or deficiency.
Complacent vs Self-complacent vs Self-satisfied vs Smug vs Priggish
Complacent, self-complacent, self-satisfied, smug, priggish are comparable when they mean feeling or showing satisfaction especially in one’s own possessions, attainments, accomplishments, or virtues.
Compete vs Contend vs Contest
Compete, contend, contest are comparable especially in their intransitive senses when they mean to strive to gain the mastery or upper hand.
Compensate vs Countervail vs Balance vs Offset vs Counterbalance vs Counterpoise
Compensate, countervail, balance, offset, counterbalance, counterpoise are comparable when meaning to make up for or to undo the effects of.
Compendium vs Syllabus vs Digest vs Pandect vs Survey vs Sketch vs PrÉCis vs Aperçu
Compendium, syllabus, digest, pandect, survey, sketch, précis, aperçu are comparable when they mean a treatment of a subject or of a topic in brief compass.