English dictionary

positive

/'p/A/z/I/t/I/v/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

adj.all

Examples
A positive attitude.

The reviews were all positive.

A positive benefit.

A positive demand.

Antonyms neutral

Source: WordNet 3.0
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

adj.all

Examples
A positive pregnancy test.

Synonyms confirming

Antonyms disconfirming negative

Source: WordNet 3.0
of or relating to positivism

adj.pert

Examples
Positive philosophy.

Synonyms positivist positivistic

Source: WordNet 3.0
reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

adj.all

Examples
Positive increase in graduating students.

Source: WordNet 3.0
Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to <i>negative</i>.

adjective

Source: webster1913
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 <i>positive</i> clutch, while a friction clutch is not.

adjective

Source: webster1913

the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

noun.communication

Synonyms positive degree

Source: WordNet 3.0
a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

noun.artifact

Source: WordNet 3.0
That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.

noun

Source: webster1913