negative
negative is a 8-letter English word with 26 senses as adjective, noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative.
- adjective. Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative; as, a negative argument; a negative morality; negative criticism.
- adjective. Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition.
- adjective. Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.
- adjective. Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contracted with positive or basic; as, the nitro group is negative.
- noun. A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
- noun. A word used in denial or refusal; as, not, no.
- noun. The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
- noun. That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative.
- noun. A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture.
- noun. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
- transitive verb. To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.
- transitive verb. To reject by vote; to refuse to enact or sanction; as, the Senate negatived the bill.
- transitive verb. To neutralize the force of; to counteract.
- noun. a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
- noun. a reply of denial
"he answered in the negative"
- verb. vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
"The President vetoed the bill"
- adjective. involving disadvantage or harm
"minus (or negative) factors"
- adjective. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
- adjective. having a negative charge
"electrons are negative"
- adjective. designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
"negative criticism"
- adjective. having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
"ran a negative campaign"
"delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
- adjective. characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
"a negative outlook on life"
"a colorless negative personality"
- adjective. less than zero
"a negative number"
- adjective. reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
"negative interest rates"
- adjective. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition
"the HIV test was negative"
Synonyms
blackball, veto, minus, electronegative, damaging, disconfirming
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in negative:
Common word forms
negatived, negativer, negatives, negatively, negativing, negativeness
Words from these letters
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