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adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

positive, favorable, favourable

adj. characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand"

positivist, positivistic, positive

adj. of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy"

incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive

adj. impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

positive, electropositive, positively charged

adj. having a positive charge; "protons are positive"

cocksure, overconfident, positive

adj. marked by excessive confidence; "an arrogant and cocksure materialist"; "so overconfident and impudent as to speak to the queen"; "the less he knows the more positive he gets"

Fuzzynyms (83)

hopeful

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

laudatory, praiseful, praising

adj. full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark"

favorable, favourable

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

flattering

adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

plus, positive

adj. involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"

sure, definite, fixed

adj. known for certain; "it is definite that they have won"

laudatory, praiseful, praising

adj. full of or giving praise; "a laudatory remark"

favorable, favourable

adj. encouraging or approving or pleasing; "a favorable reply"; "he received a favorable rating"; "listened with a favorable ear"; "made a favorable impression"

flattering

adj. showing or representing to advantage; "a flattering color"

positive

adj. greater than zero; "positive numbers"

assured

adj. characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"

incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive

adj. impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument"

certain(p), sure

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

hopeful

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

affirmative, affirmatory

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

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

beneficial, good

adj. promoting or enhancing well-being; "an arms limitation agreement beneficial to all countries"; "the beneficial effects of a temperate climate"; "the experience was good for her"

unquestionable

adj. not open to question; "an unquestionable (or unequivocal) loss of prestige"

deciding(a), determinant, determinative, determining(a)

adj. having the power or quality of deciding; "the crucial experiment"; "cast the deciding vote"; "the determinative (or determinant) battle"

convincing

adj. causing one to believe the truth of something; "a convincing story"; "a convincing manner"

beyond doubt(p), indubitable

adj. too obvious to be doubted

infallible

adj. incapable of failure or error; "an infallible antidote"; "an infallible memory"; "the Catholic Church considers the Pope infallible"; "no doctor is infallible"

certain(p), sure

adj. having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured; "felt certain of success"; "was sure (or certain) she had seen it"; "was very sure in his beliefs"; "sure of her friends"

perfect

adj. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

assured

adj. characterized by certainty or security; "a tiny but assured income"; "we can never have completely assured lives"

plus, positive

adj. involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor"

certain, some

adj. remarkable; "that was some party"; "she is some skier"

decisive

adj. characterized by decision and firmness; "an able and decisive young woman"; "we needed decisive leadership"; "she gave him a decisive answer"

precise, definite

adj. sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"

patent

adj. (of a bodily tube or passageway) open; affording free passage; "patent ductus arteriosus"

proved, proven

adj. established beyond doubt; "a proven liar"; "a Soviet leader of proven shrewdness"

undisputed, unchallenged, undoubted, unquestioned

adj. generally agreed upon; not subject to dispute; "the accepted interpretation of the poem"; "an accepted theory"; "the undisputed fact"

cocky

adj. overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man"

conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self-conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain

adj. characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes"

grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

assumptive, assuming, presumptuous

adj. excessively forward; "an assumptive person"; "on a subject like this it would be too assuming for me to decide"; "the duchess would not put up with presumptuous servants"

Synonyms (51)

affirmative, affirmatory

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

constructive

adj. emphasizing what is laudable or hopeful or to the good; "constructive criticism"

optimistic

adj. expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; "in an optimistic mood"; "optimistic plans"; "took an optimistic view"

supportive

adj. furnishing support or assistance; "a supportive family network"; "his family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer"

peachy, peachy-colored, peachy-coloured

adj. of something resembling a peach in color

good enough

adj. adequately good for the circumstances; "if it's good enough for you it's good enough for me"

goodish

adj. moderately good of its kind; "a goodish wine"

redeeming(a)

adj. compensating for some fault or defect; "the redeeming feature of the plan is its simplicity"; "his saving grace was his sense of humor"

satisfactory, acceptable

adj. meeting requirements; "the step makes a satisfactory seat"

suitable

adj. worthy of being chosen especially as a spouse; "the parents found the girl suitable for their son"

well-behaved, well behaved

adj. (usually of children) someone who behaves in a manner that the speaker believes is correct; "a well-behaved child"

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"

affirmative, optimistic

adj. expecting the best; "an affirmative outlook"

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"

creative

adj. promoting construction or creation; "creative work"

formative, shaping, plastic

adj. forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning; "a formative influence"; "a formative experience"

formative

adj. capable of forming new cells and tissues; "a formative zone in developing bone"

inferential

adj. based on interpretation; not directly expressed

reconstructive, rehabilitative

adj. helping to restore to good condition; "reconstructive surgery"; "rehabilitative exercises"

structural

adj. concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study

assentient

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

concessive

adj. of or pertaining to concession

incontestable, indisputable, undisputable

adj. not open to question; obviously true; "undeniable guilt"; "indisputable evidence of a witness"

negative, electronegative, negatively charged

adj. having a negative charge; "electrons are negative"

polar

adj. having a pair of equal and opposite charges

assured

adj. marked by assurance; exhibiting confidence; "she paints with an assured hand"

bold

adj. (confident)

reassured

adj. having confidence restored; freed from anxiety; "reassured by her praise he pressed on"

self-assured, self-confident

adj. showing poise and confidence in your own worth; "hardly more than a boy but firm-knit and self-confident"

Antonyms (11)

negative

adj. less than zero; "a negative number"

neutral

adj. possessing no distinctive quality or characteristics

destructive

adj. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

negative, disconfirming

adj. not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"

negative, electronegative

adj. having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"

neutral, electroneutral

adj. having no net electric charge

destructive

adj. causing destruction or much damage; "a policy that is destructive to the economy"; "destructive criticism"

negative

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

positive

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