positive
positive is a 8-letter English word with 28 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative. Face value is 13 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. Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.
- adjective. Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations; absolute; -- opposed to relative; as, the idea of beauty is not positive, but depends on the different tastes individuals.
- adjective. Definitely laid down; explicitly stated; clearly expressed; -- opposed to implied; as, a positive declaration or promise.
- adjective. Hence: Not admitting of any doubt, condition, qualification, or discretion; not dependent on circumstances or probabilities; not speculative; compelling assent or obedience; peremptory; indisputable; decisive; as, positive instructions; positive truth; positive proof.
- adjective. Prescribed by express enactment or institution; settled by arbitrary appointment; said of laws.
- adjective. Fully assured; confident; certain; sometimes, overconfident; dogmatic; overbearing; -- said of persons.
- adjective. Having the power of direct action or influence; as, a positive voice in legislation.
- adjective. Corresponding with the original in respect to the position of lights and shades, instead of having the lights and shades reversed; as, a positive picture.
- adjective. Electro-positive.
- adjective. Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
- noun. That which is capable of being affirmed; reality.
- noun. That which settles by absolute appointment.
- noun. The positive degree or form.
- noun. A picture in which the lights and shades correspond in position with those of the original, instead of being reversed, as in a negative.
- noun. The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
- noun. a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
- noun. the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
- adjective. involving advantage or good
"a plus (or positive) factor"
- adjective. persuaded of; very sure
"were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"
"I am positive he is lying"
- adjective. marked by excessive confidence
"an arrogant and cocksure materialist"
"so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"
- adjective. having a positive charge
"protons are positive"
- adjective. impossible to deny or disprove
"incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"
"proof positive"
- adjective. formally laid down or imposed
"positive laws"
- adjective. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
"a positive attitude"
"the reviews were all positive"
- adjective. greater than zero
"positive numbers"
- adjective. reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
"positive increase in graduating students"
- adjective. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
"a positive pregnancy test"
- adjective. of or relating to positivism
"positivist thinkers"
"positivist doctrine"
Synonyms
plus, confident, convinced, cocksure, overconfident, electropositive, irrefutable, prescribed, confirming, positivist, positivistic
Common word forms
positiver, positives, positively, positivest, positiveness
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