positive


Meanings

  • the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
  • a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
  • characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.;
    • "a positive attitude"
    • "the reviews were all positive"
    • "a positive benefit"
    • "a positive demand"
  • persuaded of; very sure;
    • "I am positive he is lying"
  • involving advantage or good;
    • "a plus (or positive) factor"
  • indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen;
    • "a positive pregnancy test"
  • formally laid down or imposed;
    • "positive laws"
  • impossible to deny or disprove;
    • "proof positive"
  • of or relating to positivism;
    • "positive philosophy"
  • 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"
  • greater than zero;
    • "positive numbers"
  • having a positive charge;
    • "protons are positive"
  • marked by excessive confidence;
    • "the less he knows the more positive he gets"
  • POSITIVE adj -TIVER, -TIVEST certain
  • POSITIVE n pl. -S a quantity greater than zero


Scrabble Score: 13

positive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

positive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

positive is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 15

positive is a valid Words With Friends word