Main entry: positive
Definition: characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
Usage: a positive attitude; the reviews were all positive; a positive benefit; a positive demand
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: a reply of denial
Antonyms: negative
Definition: expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
Antonyms: destructive
Definition: causing destruction or much damage
Antonyms: pessimistic
Definition: expecting the worst possible outcome
Main entry: positive
Definition: reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
Usage: positive increase in graduating students
Antonyms: negative
Definition: reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
Main entry: positive, confirming
Definition: indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
Usage: a positive pregnancy test
Antonyms: disconfirming, negative
Definition: not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
Main entry: positive
Definition: greater than zero
Usage: positive numbers
Antonyms: minus
Definition: on the negative side or lower end of a scale
Main entry: prescribed, positive
Definition: formally laid down or imposed
Usage: positive laws
Antonyms: informal
Definition: not formal
Antonyms: informal
Definition: used of spoken and written language
Main entry: plus, positive
Definition: involving advantage or good
Usage: a plus (or positive) factor
Antonyms: disadvantageous
Definition: constituting a disadvantage
Main entry: overconfident, positive, cocksure
Definition: marked by excessive confidence
Usage: an arrogant and cocksure materialist; so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen; the less he knows the more positive he gets
Main entry: confident, convinced, positive
Definition: persuaded of; very sure
Usage: were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join; I am positive he is lying; was confident he would win
Antonyms: uncertain
Definition: not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown
Antonyms: uncertain, unsure, incertain
Definition: lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
Antonyms: uncertain
Definition: not certain to occur; not inevitable
Main entry: electropositive, positive, positively charged
Definition: having a positive charge
Usage: protons are positive
Antonyms: uncharged
Definition: of a particle or body or system; having no charge
Main entry: incontrovertible, positive, irrefutable
Definition: impossible to deny or disprove
Usage: incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence; proof positive; an irrefutable argument
Antonyms: deniable
Definition: capable of being denied or contradicted