unanimous
Agreed by every single person, with nobody voting against.
unanimous in a sentence
- The class was unanimous: all thirty hands shot up for an extra playtime.
- The judges were unanimous: every single one of them gave the carrot cake first prize.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to unanimous?
- Aagreed
- Bopposed
- Csplit
- Ddivided
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A: agreed. The other three mean the opposite of unanimous.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to unanimous?
- Aunited
- Bdivided
- Cagreed
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B: divided. The other three mean nearly the same as unanimous.
Words that mean something similar
agreed, united
Words that mean the opposite
divided, split, opposed
More words about thinking & learning
- uncanny: Strange in a way that is hard to explain and slightly spooky.
- unfathomable: Too strange, deep or difficult to understand.
- vague: Not clear or exact.
- valid: Based on good reasoning, or officially acceptable and able to be used.
- verdict: The decision reached at the end of a trial or contest.
- verify: To check that something is really true.
- abstract: About ideas rather than things you can touch.
- absurd: So silly that it makes no sense at all.
More words to explore
Sitting the 11+ in Kent, Medway or Buckinghamshire?
Plain-English guides to each test, from the councils’ own pages: Kent Test · Medway Test · Bucks Secondary Transfer Test