adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/pəˈɹɛmptəɹi/
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1
adj
Meaning 1
Precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: positive, absolute, decisive, conclusive, final
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Of a date or deadline, absolutely requiring compliance or attendance; brooking no further delay; proceeding whether a party attends or not; final.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
As this trial has now been postponed multiple times, there will be an adjournment to April 24, peremptory on the parties.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
adj
Meaning 3
Positive in opinion or judgment; absolutely certain, overconfident, unwilling to hear any debate or argument (especially in a pejorative sense); dogmatic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Firmly determined, resolute; obstinate, stubborn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Accepting no refusal or disagreement; imperious, dictatorial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A challenge to the admission of a juror, without the challenger needing to show good cause.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
putting an end to all debate or action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a peremptory decree
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
not allowing contradiction or refusal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
spoke in peremptory tones
peremptory commands
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power
From Anglo-Norman peremptorie, parentorie et al. (Modern French péremptoire), and its source, Latin peremptōrius (“deadly; precluding debate, decisive”), from perimō (“destroy, thwart”), from per- (“thorough”) + emō (“to obtain, buy”).
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
безапелационен
(bezapelacionen)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Bulgarian:
окончателен
(okončatelen)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Chinese Mandarin:
強制的 /强制的
(qiángzhì de)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Dutch:
onverbiddelijk
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Dutch:
zonder verhaal
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Dutch:
onherroepelijk
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Finnish:
lopullinen
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
French:
irréfutable
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
French:
sans appel
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
French:
péremptoire
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
German:
unabweisbar
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
German:
entschieden
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Hebrew:
חלוט
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Italian:
irrefutabile
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Italian:
inconfutabile
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Polish:
bezapelacyjny
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Polish:
kategoryczny
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Portuguese:
irrefutável
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Russian:
безапелляцио́нный
(bezapelljaciónnyj)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Russian:
категори́чный
(kategoríčnyj)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Serbo-Croatian:
bespogovorno
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Spanish:
irrefutable
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Spanish:
irrebatible
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Spanish:
inapelable
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Ukrainian:
безапеляційний
(bezapeljacijnyj)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Ukrainian:
остаточний
(ostatočnyj)
— law: precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal
Bulgarian:
безапелационен
(bezapelacionen)
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Dutch:
beslist
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Dutch:
peremptorisch
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Dutch:
pertinent
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Dutch:
categorisch
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Finnish:
ehdoton
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
French:
péremptoire
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Italian:
perentorio
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Italian:
imperioso
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Kazakh:
үзілді-кесілді
(üzıldı-kesıldı)
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Polish:
dogmatyczny
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Polish:
zdecydowany
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Polish:
apodyktyczny
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Russian:
догмати́ческий
(dogmatíčeskij)
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Spanish:
perentorio
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Ukrainian:
догматичний
(dohmatyčnyj)
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Ukrainian:
категоричний
(katehoryčnyj)
— positive in opinion or judgment; decided, dogmatic
Finnish:
ehdoton
— (obsolete in English) firmly determined; obstinate
