affirmative
Adjective
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Affirming or giving assent (synset 300075743)
"an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"also:
- favorable, favourable - encouraging or approving or pleasing
- positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
similar to: assentient - expressing agreement or consentsame as: affirmatory -
Expecting the best (synset 301823412)
"an affirmative outlook"similar to: positive - characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.same as: optimistic
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Expressing or manifesting praise or approval (synset 300999508)
"approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"similar to: favorable, favourable - encouraging or approving or pleasing
Noun
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A reply of affirmation (synset 107218356)
"he answered in the affirmative"is a type of: affirmation, avouchment, avowal - a statement asserting the existence or the truth of somethingsubtypes:
- yes - an affirmative
- yea - an affirmative
- double negative - an affirmative constructed from two negatives
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