Meanings
- not comparableBased on unanimity, assent or agreement.
The debate went on for hours, but in the end the decision was unanimous.
3 more examples
That of their small force, some of the soldiers were superannuated, others invalid; therefore, since the course to be pursued was left discretional, their unanimous advice was, to remain where they were, and fortify themselves as strongly as possible.
1873, Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie, Wau-bunUnder court tradition, a new justice is usually assigned a relatively uncontroversial opinion that is often, although not always, unanimous.
2021 March 8, Ariane de Vogue, “Stephen Breyer adds ‘respect’ to his dissent of Amy Coney Barrett’s first opinion”, in CNNThat was followed by a Florida Supreme Court ruling that found the jury must be unanimous to impose the death penalty, and Florida lawmakers adopted the unanimity requirement soon after.
2023 April 20, Sydney Kashiwagi, “DeSantis signs bill eliminating unanimous jury decisions for death sentences”, in CNNSynonyms: solid
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBased on unanimity, assent or agreement.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivein complete agreement
adjectiveacting together as a single undiversified whole
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Italic*oinos
- Old Latinoinos
- Latinūnus
- Latinūni-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁mos
- Proto-Italic*anamos
- Latinanimus
- Latinūnanimus
- Englishunanimous
From Latin ūnanimus (“of one mind”), from ūnus (“one”) + animus (“mind”). Displaced native Old English ānmōd (literally “one-minded”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian единоду́шен, единоду́шен
- единоду́шен (edinodúšen)based on unanimity
- единоду́шен (edinodúšen)sharing the same view
Catalan unànime, unànime
- unànimebased on unanimity
- unànimesharing the same view
Chinese Mandarin 一致
- 一致 (yīzhì)sharing the same view
Czech jednohlasný, jednomyslný
- jednohlasnýbased on unanimity
- jednomyslnýsharing the same view
Danish enstemmig, enig
- enstemmigbased on unanimity
- enigsharing the same view
Dutch unaniem, eensgezind
- unaniembased on unanimity
- eensgezindsharing the same view
Esperanto unuvoĉa
- unuvoĉasharing the same view
Finnish yksimielinen, yksimielinen
- yksimielinenbased on unanimity
- yksimielinensharing the same view
French unanime, unanime
- unanimebased on unanimity
- unanimesharing the same view
German einstimmig, einmütig
- einstimmigbased on unanimity
- einmütigbased on unanimity
- einhelligbased on unanimity
- einigsharing the same view
- einsgesinntsharing the same view
- einer Meinungsharing the same view
Greek ομόφωνος
- ομόφωνος (omófonos)based on unanimity
Hungarian egyhangú, egyöntetű
- egyhangúbased on unanimity
- egyöntetűbased on unanimity
- egybehangzóbased on unanimity
- egyetértősharing the same view
- azonos véleményen/nézeten lévősharing the same view
Indonesian sepakat, seia sekata
- sepakatbased on unanimity
- seia sekatabased on unanimity
- mufakatbased on unanimity
- sependapatsharing the same view
Irish d'aon ghuth, comhaontach
- d'aon ghuthbased on unanimity
- comhaontachbased on unanimity
- d'aon toilbased on unanimity
- d'aontoilbased on unanimity
Italian unanime
- unanimebased on unanimity
Japanese 全会一致
- 全会一致 (zenkaiitchi)based on unanimity
Korean 만장일치
- 만장일치 (manjang'ilchi)based on unanimity
Latin ūnanimus, ūnanimus
- ūnanimusbased on unanimity
- ūnanimussharing the same view
Norwegian Bokmål enstemmig
- enstemmigbased on unanimity
Polish jednogłośny, jednomyślny
- jednogłośnybased on unanimity
- jednomyślnybased on unanimity
- jednomyślnysharing the same view
Portuguese unânime, unânime
- unânimebased on unanimity
- unânimesharing the same view
Romanian unanim
- unanimbased on unanimity
Russian единогла́сный, единоду́шный
- единогла́сный (jedinoglásnyj)based on unanimity
- единоду́шный (jedinodúšnyj)based on unanimity
- единоду́шный (jedinodúšnyj)sharing the same view
Scottish Gaelic aon-ghuthach, aon-ghuthach
- aon-ghuthachbased on unanimity
- aon-ghuthachsharing the same view
Slovak jednomyseľný
- jednomyseľnýbased on unanimity
Spanish unánime, unánime
- unánimebased on unanimity
- unánimesharing the same view
Swedish samstämmig, enig
- samstämmigbased on unanimity
- enigbased on unanimity
- enigsharing the same view
- enhälligsharing the same view
Ukrainian одноголо́сний, односта́йний
- одноголо́сний (odnoholósnyj)based on unanimity
- односта́йний (odnostájnyj)based on unanimity
- одноду́мний (odnodúmnyj)based on unanimity
- одноду́шний (odnodúšnyj)based on unanimity
- одноду́шний (odnodúšnyj)sharing the same view
Vietnamese nhất trí, nhất trí
- nhất tríbased on unanimity
- nhất trísharing the same view
Welsh unfrydol, unfrydol
- unfrydolbased on unanimity
- unfrydolsharing the same view
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unanimous
All rhymes →Cite this entry
unanimous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanimous
“unanimous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unanimous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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