Words Like NEGATIVE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to NEGATIVE.

17 Alternative Words Similar to negative

1 Affirmative Adjective      Antonym Words Like Affirmative
2 Positive Adjective      Antonym Words Like Positive
3 Disinclined Adjective      Related Words Like Disinclined
4 Pessimistic Adjective      Related Words Like Pessimistic
5 Unfavorable Adjective      Related Words Like Unfavorable
6 Bad Adjective      Similar Words Like Bad
7 Counter Adjective      Similar Words Like Counter
8 Film Noun      Synonym Words Like Film
9 Oppose Verb      Synonym Words Like Oppose
10 Denying Adjective      Synonym Words Like Denying
11 Indirect Adjective      Synonym Words Like Indirect
12 Nonmetallic Adjective      Synonym Words Like Nonmetallic
13 Basic Adjective      Antonym Words Like Basic
14 Disprove Verb-transitive      Synonym Words Like Disprove
15 Charged Adjective      Equivalent Words Like Charged
16 No Noun      Hyponym Words Like No
17 Nay Noun      Hyponym Words Like Nay

10 examples of negative

1 a negative answer; a negative opinion
2 a negative argument; negative evidence; a negative morality; negative criticism.
3 a negative proposition
4 the nitro group is negative
5 not, no
6 the question was decided in the negative
7 the Senate negatived the bill
8 delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life
9 a negative reaction to an advertising campaign
10 a negative evaluation

10 definitions of negative

1 an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex lenses with their curved surfaces turned toward the object glass, and separated from each other by about half the sum of their focal distances, the image viewed by the eye being formed between the two lenses. it was devised by Huyghens, who applied it to the telescope. Campani applied it to the microscope, whence it is sometimes called Campani's eyepiece.
2 Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; ; -- opposed to affirmative.
3 Not positive; without affirmative statement or demonstration; indirect; consisting in the absence of something; privative
4 Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate.
5 Of or pertaining to a picture upon glass or other material, in which the lights and shades of the original, and the relations of right and left, are reversed.
6 Metalloidal; nonmetallic; -- contrasted with positive or basic.
7 A proposition by which something is denied or forbidden; a conception or term formed by prefixing the negative particle to one which is positive; an opposite or contradictory term or conception.
8 A word used in denial or refusal.
9 The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
10 That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition.
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