Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun decisive_factor

1 sense of decisive factor

Sense 1
clincher, decisive factor -- (a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively)
       => determinant, determiner, determinative, determining factor, causal factor -- (a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life")