positive
1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb;
denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
• Syn:
positive degree
• Hypernyms:
adjective, adverb
2. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
• Hypernyms:
film, photographic film
• Part Holonyms:
slide, lantern slide
1. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (Freq. 20)
- a positive attitude
- the reviews were all positive
- a positive benefit
- a positive demand
• Ant:
negative, neutral
• Similar to:
affirmative, optimistic, constructive
• See Also:
affirmative, affirmatory, constructive, optimistic, supportive
• Derivationally related forms:
positivity, positiveness
• Attrubites:
quality
2. persuaded of;
very sure (Freq. 3)
- were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join
- I am positive he is lying
- was confident he would win
• Syn:
convinced, confident
• Similar to:
certain, sure
3. involving advantage or good (Freq. 2)
- a plus (or positive) factor
• Syn:
plus
• Similar to:
advantageous
4. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen (Freq. 1)
- a positive pregnancy test
• Syn:
confirming
• Ant:
negative
• Similar to:
Gram-positive
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
5. formally laid down or imposed (Freq. 1)
- positive laws
• Syn:
prescribed
• Similar to:
formal
6. impossible to deny or disprove (Freq. 1)
- incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence
- proof positive
- an irrefutable argument
• Syn:
incontrovertible, irrefutable
• Similar to:
undeniable
• Derivationally related forms:
positivity, incontrovertibleness (for: incontrovertible), incontrovertibility (for: incontrovertible)
7. of or relating to positivism
- positivist thinkers
- positivist doctrine
- positive philosophy
• Syn:
positivist, positivistic
• Pertains to noun:
positivism, positivism (for: positivistic), positivism (for: positivist)
• Derivationally related forms:
positiveness, positivism (for: positivistic), positivist (for: positivist)
8. reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
- positive increase in graduating students
• Ant:
negative
9. greater than zero
- positive numbers
• Similar to:
plus
• Derivationally related forms:
positivity
• Topics:
mathematics, math, maths
10. having a positive charge
- protons are positive
• Syn:
electropositive, positively charged
• Similar to:
charged
11. marked by excessive confidence
- an arrogant and cocksure materialist
- so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen
- the less he knows the more positive he gets
• Syn:
cocksure, overconfident
• Similar to:
confident
• Derivationally related forms:
positiveness, overconfidence (for: overconfident), cocksureness (for: cocksure)
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