English

Detailed Synonyms for positive in English

positive:

positive adj

  1. positive
  2. positive
  3. positive
  4. positive
    – involving advantage or good 1
    positive; plus
    – involving advantage or good 1
    • positive adj
      • a plus (or positive) factor1
    • plus adj
      • a plus (or positive) factor1
  5. positive
    – persuaded of; very sure 1
    confident; convinced; positive
    – persuaded of; very sure 1
    • confident adj
      • was confident he would win1
    • convinced adj
      • were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join1
    • positive adj
      • I am positive he is lying1
  6. positive
    – marked by excessive confidence 1
    positive; overconfident; cocksure
    – marked by excessive confidence 1
    • positive adj
      • the less he knows the more positive he gets1
    • overconfident adj
      • so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen1
    • cocksure adj
      • an arrogant and cocksure materialist1
  7. positive
    – having a positive charge 1
    positive; electropositive; positively charged
    – having a positive charge 1
  8. positive
    – impossible to deny or disprove 1
    positive; irrefutable; incontrovertible
    – impossible to deny or disprove 1
  9. positive
    – formally laid down or imposed 1
    positive; prescribed
    – formally laid down or imposed 1
  10. positive
    – characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. 1
    positive
    – characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. 1
    • positive adj
      • a positive attitude1
      • the reviews were all positive1
      • a positive benefit1
      • a positive demand1
  11. positive
    – greater than zero 1
    positive
    – greater than zero 1
  12. positive
    – reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion 1
    positive
    – reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion 1
    • positive adj
      • positive increase in graduating students1
  13. positive
    – indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen 1
    positive; confirming
    – indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen 1
  14. positive
    – of or relating to positivism 1
    positive; positivist; positivistic
    – of or relating to positivism 1

positive [the ~] noun

  1. the positive
    – a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject 1
    the positive
    – a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject 1
  2. the positive
    – the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution 1
    the positive; the positive degree
    – the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution 1

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Related Definitions for "positive":

  1. involving advantage or good1
    • a plus (or positive) factor1
  2. persuaded of; very sure1
    • I am positive he is lying1
  3. marked by excessive confidence1
    • the less he knows the more positive he gets1
  4. having a positive charge1
    • protons are positive1
  5. impossible to deny or disprove1
    • proof positive1
  6. formally laid down or imposed1
    • positive laws1
  7. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.1
    • a positive attitude1
    • the reviews were all positive1
    • a positive benefit1
    • a positive demand1
  8. greater than zero1
    • positive numbers1
  9. reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion1
    • positive increase in graduating students1
  10. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen1
    • a positive pregnancy test1
  11. of or relating to positivism1
    • positive philosophy1
  12. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject1
  13. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution1

Related Synonyms for positive