Positive vs. Negative

Positiveadjective

Not negative or neutral.

Positiveadjective

(legal) Formally laid down.

Positiveadjective

Stated definitively and without qualification.

Positiveadjective

Fully assured in opinion.

Positiveadjective

(mathematics) Of number, greater than zero.

Positiveadjective

Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.

Positiveadjective

Overconfident, dogmatic.

Positiveadjective

Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.

Positiveadjective

(physics) Having more protons than electrons.

Positiveadjective

(grammar) Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.

Positiveadjective

Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute.

Positiveadjective

Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.

Positiveadjective

Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.

Positiveadjective

(photography) Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.

Positiveadjective

Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.

Positiveadjective

Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.

Positiveadjective

Optimistic.

Positiveadjective

(chemistry) electropositive

Positiveadjective

(chemistry) basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.

Positiveadjective

(slang) HIV positive.

Positiveadjective

(New Age jargon) Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').

Positivenoun

A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.

Positivenoun

A favourable point or characteristic.

Positivenoun

Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.

Positivenoun

(grammar) A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.

Positivenoun

(grammar) An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.

Positivenoun

(photography) A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.

Positivenoun

The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Positivenoun

A positive result of a test.

Positiveadjective

Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; - opposed to negative.

Positiveadjective

Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; - opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.

Positiveadjective

Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; - opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.

Positiveadjective

Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.

Positiveadjective

Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.

Positiveadjective

Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; - said of persons.

Positiveadjective

Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.

Positiveadjective

Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.

Positiveadjective

Electro-positive.

Positiveadjective

Designating, or pertaining to, a motion or device in which the movement derived from a driver, or the grip or hold of a restraining piece, is communicated through an unyielding intermediate piece or pieces; as, a claw clutch is a positive clutch, while a friction clutch is not.

Positiveadjective

Designating a method of steering or turning in which the steering wheels move so that they describe concentric arcs in making a turn, to insure freedom from side slip or harmful resistance.

Positivenoun

That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.

Positivenoun

That which settles by absolute appointment.

Positivenoun

The positive degree or form.

Positivenoun

A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.

Positivenoun

The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Positivenoun

a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

Positiveadjective

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.;

Positiveadjective

having a positive electric charge;

Positiveadjective

involving advantage or good;

Positiveadjective

indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen;

Positiveadjective

formally laid down or imposed;

Positiveadjective

impossible to deny or disprove;

Positiveadjective

of or relating to positivism;

Positiveadjective

greater than zero;

Positiveadjective

marked by excessive confidence;

Positiveadjective

persuaded of; very sure;

Positiveadjective

granting what has been desired or requested;

Negativeadjective

Not positive or neutral.

Negativeadjective

(physics) Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles

Negativeadjective

(mathematics) Of a number: less than zero

Negativeadjective

Denying a proposition.

Negativeadjective

Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.

Negativeadjective

Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.

Negativeadjective

Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.

Negativeadjective

(chemistry) Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.

Negativeadjective

Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.

Negativeadjective

Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.

Negativenoun

Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto

Negativenoun

(law) A right of veto.

Negativenoun

(photography) An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.

Negativenoun

(grammar) A word that indicates negation.

Negativenoun

(mathematics) A negative quantity.

Negativenoun

(weightlifting): A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.

Negativenoun

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To refuse; to veto.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To contradict.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To disprove.

Negativeverb

(transitive) To make ineffective; to neutralize.

Negativeinterjection

An elaborate synonym for no.

Negativeadjective

Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; - opposed to affirmative.

Negativeadjective

Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; negative evidence; a negative morality; negative criticism.

Negativeadjective

Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.

Negativeadjective

Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.

Negativeadjective

Metalloidal; nonmetallic; - contrasted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.

Negativenoun

A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.

Negativenoun

A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.

Negativenoun

The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.

Negativenoun

That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.

Negativenoun

A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.

Negativenoun

The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.

Negativeverb

To prove unreal or untrue; to disprove.

Negativeverb

To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.

Negativeverb

To neutralize the force of; to counteract.

Negativenoun

a reply of denial;

Negativenoun

a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed

Negativeverb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;

Negativeadjective

characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features;

Negativeadjective

reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive

Negativeadjective

having a negative electric charge;

Negativeadjective

expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

Negativeadjective

having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant;

Negativeadjective

not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition;

Negativeadjective

less than zero;

Negativeadjective

designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions;

Negativeadjective

involving disadvantage or harm;