positive
adjective
1. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
- a positive attitude
- the reviews were all positive
- a positive benefit
Similar word(s): affirmative, affirmatory, constructive, optimistic, affirmative, optimistic, constructive, supportive
2. persuaded of; very sure
- I am positive he is lying
Similar word(s): certain, sure, confident, convinced
3. involving advantage or good
- a plus (or positive) factor
Similar word(s): advantageous, favorable, favourable, plus
4. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition
- a positive pregnancy test
Similar word(s): confirming
5. formally laid down or imposed
- positive laws
Similar word(s): formal, prescribed
6. impossible to deny or disprove
- proof positive
Similar word(s): undeniable, incontrovertible, irrefutable
7. of or relating to positivism
- positivist thinkers
- positivist doctrine
- positive philosophy
Similar word(s): positivist, positivistic
8. reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
- positive increase in graduating students
9. greater than zero
- positive numbers
Similar word(s): plus
10. having a positive charge
- protons are positive
Similar word(s): charged, electropositive
11. marked by excessive confidence
- the less he knows the more positive he gets
Similar word(s): confident, overconfident
noun
1. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
Definition categories: communication, adjective, adverb
2. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
Definition categories: man–made, film