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n. a reply of affirmation; "he answered in the affirmative"

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adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture"

affirmative, affirmatory

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"

positive, affirmative

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

affirmative, optimistic

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

affirmative, favoring, favouring

adj. supporting a policy or attitude etc; "an affirmative argument"

approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive

adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive

adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

concordant, concurring(a)

adj. being of the same opinion

positive, confirming

adj. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

hopeful

adj. having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

accordant

adj. being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with'; "a place perfectly accordant with man's nature"-Thomas Hardy

permissive

adj. granting or inclined or able to grant permission; not strict in discipline; "direct primary legislation is largely permissive rather than prescriptive"; "permissive parents"

tolerant

adj. showing respect for the rights or opinions or practices of others

indulgent, lenient, soft

adj. tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "too soft on the children"; "they are soft on crime"

broad, large-minded, liberal, tolerant

adj. showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"

liberal

adj. tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

assentient

adj. expressing agreement or consent; "an assenting nod"

affirmative, affirmatory

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"

concordant, concurring(a)

adj. being of the same opinion

positive, confirming

adj. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive

adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval; "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

indulgent

adj. being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"

pleasing

adj. able to please or win approval

bullish

adj. expecting a rise in prices

cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeat

adj. pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

rose-colored, rosy-colored

adj. having a rose color

starry-eyed

adj. unrealistically or naively optimistic; "a starry-eyed reformer"; "starry-eyed idealism"

positive, confirming

adj. indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test"

enthusiastic

adj. having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"

explicit

adj. precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

plus

adj. on the positive side or higher end of a scale; "a plus value"; "temperature of plus 5 degrees"; "a grade of C plus"

affirmative

adj. affirming or giving assent; "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"; "an affirmative nod"; "an affirmatory gesture"

indulgent

adj. being favorably inclined; "an indulgent attitude"

pleasing

adj. able to please or win approval

negative

n. a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"

negative

adj. expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial

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