positive Definition
positive
adj
- 1. Sure; certain; convinced.
2. Definite; allowing no doubt.
- Example: positive proof of her guilt
- Thesaurus: certain, definite, sure, undeniable, irrefutable, indisputable, conclusive, clear-cut, unmitigated, incontestable, incontrovertible, real, actual, decisive; Antonym: indefinite, uncertain.
- Example: a positive response
- Example: feeling more positive
- Thesaurus: assertive, forceful, emphatic, dogmatic, resolute, confident, uncompromising, peremptory, authoritative, arrant, direct, assured, cocksure; Antonym: indecisive, uncertain.
- Thesaurus: good, beneficial, helpful, constructive, useful, favourable, advantageous, wholesome, rewarding; Antonym: detrimental, harmful, useless.
- Example: positive directions
- Downright.
- Example: a positive scandal
10. math.
- Said of a number or quantity: greater than zero.
- Having a deficiency of electrons, and so being able to attract them, ie attracted by a negative charge.
- Said of a photographic image: in which light and dark tones and colours correspond to those in the original subject.
- Expressing a quality in the simple form, as distinct from the comparative or superlative forms. Compare negative.
- In a forceful or determined way.
- Thesaurus: boldly, firmly, assertively, stubbornly, obstinately, confidently, peremptorily, emphatically, authoritatively, uncompromisingly, dogmatically, decidedly, absolutely, insistently, unhesitatingly.
- Without a doubt; definitely
- Thesaurus: surely, definitely, certainly, undoubtedly, conclusively, unmistakably, undeniably, unequivocally, unquestionably, expressly, categorically, assuredly, incontestably, incontrovertibly.
