positive

Adjective
  1. Characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (synset 301823004)
    "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"
    also:
    tells us about: quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
    similar to:
  2. Persuaded of;
    Very sure (synset 300338070)
    "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win"
    similar to: certain, sure - having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured
    same as: confident, convinced
  3. Involving advantage or good (synset 300065384)
    "a plus (or positive) factor"
    similar to: advantageous, favorable, favourable - giving an advantage
    same as: plus
  4. Indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen (synset 301825985)
    "a positive pregnancy test"
    referred to in: medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques
    similar to: gram-positive - (of bacteria) being or relating to a bacterium that retains the violet stain used in Gram's method
    same as: confirming
  5. Formally laid down or imposed (synset 301047187)
    "positive laws"
    similar to: formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
    same as: prescribed
  6. Impossible to deny or disprove (synset 300725282)
    "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"
    similar to: undeniable - not possible to deny
    same as: incontrovertible, irrefutable
  7. Of or relating to positivism (synset 302793621)
    "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"
    same as: positivist, positivistic
  8. Reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion (synset 301825607)
    "positive increase in graduating students"
  9. Greater than zero (synset 301825196)
    "positive numbers"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    similar to: plus - on the positive side or higher end of a scale
  10. Having a positive charge (synset 300359758)
    "protons are positive"
    similar to: charged - of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
    same as: electropositive, positively charged
  11. Marked by excessive confidence (synset 300340186)
    "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"
    similar to: confident - having or marked by confidence or assurance
    same as: cocksure, overconfident
Noun
  1. The primary form of an adjective or adverb;
    Denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution (synset 106333461)
    is a type of:
    • adjective - a word that expresses an attribute of something
    • adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun
    same as: positive degree
  2. A film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject (synset 103993867)
    is a type of: film, photographic film - photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
    is a part of: lantern slide, slide - a transparency mounted in a frame; viewed with a slide projector

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