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positive
Overview of noun positive
The noun positive has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. positive -- (a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject)
Overview of adj positive
The adj positive has 11 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (20) positive -- (characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.; "a positive attitude"; "the reviews were all positive"; "a positive benefit"; "a positive demand")
2. (8) positive, electropositive -- (having a positive electric charge; "protons are positive")
3. (2) plus, positive -- (involving advantage or good; "a plus (or positive) factor")
4. (1) positive, confirming -- (indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen; "a positive pregnancy test")
5. (1) positive, prescribed -- (formally laid down or imposed; "positive laws")
6. (1) incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive -- (impossible to deny or disprove; "incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence"; "proof positive"; "an irrefutable argument")
7. positivist, positivistic, positive -- (of or relating to positivism; "positivist thinkers"; "positivist doctrine"; "positive philosophy")
8. positive -- (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")
9. positive -- (greater than zero; "positive numbers")
10. cocksure, overconfident, positive -- (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")
11. convinced, positive, confident -- (persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
=> film, photographic film
=> photographic paper, photographic material
=> photographic equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun positive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
=> film, photographic film
Antonyms of noun positive
Member Holonyms of noun positive
Substance Holonyms of noun positive
Part Holonyms of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
PART OF: slide, lantern slide
Member Meronyms of noun positive
Substance Meronyms of noun positive
Part Meronyms of noun positive
Meronyms of noun positive
Holonyms of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
PART OF: slide, lantern slide
Attributes of noun positive
Derived Forms of noun positive
Domain of noun positive
Domain Terms of noun positive
Familiarity of noun positive
positive used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
> film, photographic film
=> footage
=> microfilm
=> motion-picture film, movie film, cine-film
=> negative
=> orthochromatic film
=> panchromatic film
=> positive
=> reel
=> roll
=> roll film
=> sequence, episode
=> X-ray film
=> film clip
Meronyms of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
=> film, photographic film
=> photographic paper, photographic material
=> photographic equipment
HAS PART: flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun positive
1 sense of positive
Sense 1
positive
PART OF: slide, lantern slide
Grep of noun positive
positive
positive charge
positive chemotaxis
positive correlation
positive feedback
positive fraud
positive identification
positive magnetic pole
positive muon
positive pole
positive reinforcer
positive reinforcing stimulus
positive stimulus
positiveness
rh-positive blood type
rh positive
Antonyms of adj positive
10 of 11 senses of positive
Sense 1
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral)
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive)
=> antagonistic, counter
=> perverse
neutral (vs. positive)(vs. negative)
=> neutralized, neutralised
=> viewless
Sense 2
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral), electropositive
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive), electronegative
neutral (vs. positive)(vs. negative), electroneutral
Sense 3
plus, positive
INDIRECT (VIA advantageous) -> disadvantageous, harmful
Sense 4
positive (vs. negative), confirming
negative (vs. positive), disconfirming
=> Gram-negative
Sense 5
positive, prescribed
INDIRECT (VIA formal) -> informal
Sense 6
incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive
INDIRECT (VIA undeniable) -> deniable
Sense 8
positive (vs. negative)
negative (vs. positive)
Sense 9
positive
INDIRECT (VIA plus) -> minus
Sense 10
cocksure, overconfident, positive
INDIRECT (VIA confident) -> unconfident
Sense 11
convinced(predicate), positive(predicate), confident(predicate)
INDIRECT (VIA certain, sure) -> uncertain, unsure, incertain
INDIRECT (VIA certain, sure) -> uncertain, unsure, incertain
Similarity of adj positive
11 senses of positive
Sense 1
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral)
=> affirmative, optimistic
=> constructive
Also See> affirmative#1, affirmatory#1; constructive#1; optimistic#1; supportive#1
Sense 2
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral), electropositive
Sense 3
plus, positive
=> advantageous (vs. disadvantageous)
Sense 4
positive (vs. negative), confirming
=> Gram-positive
Sense 5
positive, prescribed
=> formal (vs. informal)
Sense 6
incontrovertible, irrefutable, positive
=> undeniable (vs. deniable)
Sense 7
positivist, positivistic, positive
Pertains to noun positivism (Sense 1)
=>positivism, logical positivism
=> empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
Sense 8
positive (vs. negative)
Sense 9
positive
=> plus (vs. minus)
Sense 10
cocksure, overconfident, positive
=> confident (vs. unconfident)
Sense 11
convinced(predicate), positive(predicate), confident(predicate)
=> certain(predicate)(vs. uncertain), sure (vs. unsure)
Pertainyms of adj positive
1 of 11 senses of positive
Sense 7
positivist, positivistic, positive
Pertains to noun positivism (Sense 1)
=>positivism, logical positivism
=> empiricism, empiricist philosophy, sensationalism
Attributes of adj positive
2 of 11 senses of positive
Sense 1
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral)
=> quality
Sense 2
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral), electropositive
=> polarity, sign
Domain of adj positive
2 of 11 senses of positive
Sense 4
positive (vs. negative), confirming
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Sense 9
positive
TOPIC>(noun) mathematics#1, math#1, maths#1
Domain Terms of adj positive
Familiarity of adj positive
positive used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =11)
Grep of adj positive
appositive
electropositive
expositive
gram-positive
oppositive
positive
positively charged
postpositive
rh-positive
Grep of adv positive
positively
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