Dictionary Entry
affirmative
affirmative is a 11-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law. Face value is 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 22 · Words With Friends 24 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.
- 2adjective
That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
- 3adjective
Positive; dogmatic.
- 4adjective
Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
- 5adjective
Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
- 6noun
That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
- 7noun
A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
- 8noun
a reply of affirmation
"he answered in the affirmative"
- 9adjective
affirming or giving assent
"an affirmative decision"
"affirmative votes"
Synonyms
- 10adjective
expressing or manifesting praise or approval
"approbative criticism"
"an affirmative nod"
- 11adjective
expecting the best
"an affirmative outlook"
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