Main entry: affirmative
Definition: a reply of affirmation
Usage: he answered in the affirmative
Antonyms: negative
Definition: a reply of denial
Main entry: affirmative, affirmatory
Definition: affirming or giving assent
Usage: an affirmative decision; affirmative votes
Antonyms: negative
Definition: expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
Main entry: affirmative, optimistic
Definition: expecting the best
Usage: an affirmative outlook
Antonyms: negative
Definition: characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
Antonyms: neutral
Definition: possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics
Antonyms: negative
Definition: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
Antonyms: disconfirming, negative
Definition: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
Main entry: affirmative, approbative, approbatory, approving, plausive
Definition: expressing or manifesting praise or approval
Usage: approbative criticism; an affirmative nod
Antonyms: unfavorable, unfavourable
Definition: (of winds or weather) tending to hinder or oppose
Antonyms: unfavorable, unfavourable
Definition: not encouraging or approving or pleasing