Positive Meaning

There are 13 meaning(s) for word Positive

Meaning 1 : involving advantage or good

    Example : a plus (or positive) factor

    Synonyms : plus
Meaning 2 : the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution

    Synonyms : positive degree
Meaning 3 : marked by excessive confidence

    Example : the less he knows the more positive he gets

    Synonyms : cocksure,  overconfident
Meaning 4 : indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen

    Example : a positive pregnancy test

    Synonyms : confirming
Meaning 5 : persuaded of; very sure

    Example : I am positive he is lying

    Synonyms : confident,  convinced
Meaning 6 : of or relating to positivism

    Example : positive philosophy

    Synonyms : positivist,  positivistic
Meaning 7 : impossible to deny or disprove

    Example : proof positive

    Synonyms : incontrovertible,  irrefutable
Meaning 8 : having a positive charge

    Example : protons are positive

    Synonyms : electropositive,  positively charged
Meaning 9 : formally laid down or imposed

    Example : positive laws

    Synonyms : prescribed
Meaning 10 : a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject

Meaning 11 : characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.

    Example : a positive attitude,the reviews were all positive,a positive benefit,a positive demand

Meaning 12 : greater than zero

    Example : positive numbers

Meaning 13 : reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion

    Example : positive increase in graduating students

Positive Antonyms