Synonyms for Positive

Top synonyms for “positive”: cocksure, confirming, electropositive, incontrovertible, irrefutable, overconfident, plus, positive degree, and 17 more below.

Definitions

1. (noun)a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
2. (noun)the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
3. (adjective)involving advantage or good
   “a plus (or positive) factor”
4. (adjective)marked by excessive confidence
   “an arrogant and cocksure materialist”
5. (adjective)having a positive charge
   “protons are positive”
6. (adjective)impossible to deny or disprove
   “incontrovertible proof of the defendant's innocence”
7. (adjective)formally laid down or imposed
   “positive laws”
8. (adjective)characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
   “a positive attitude”
9. (adjective)greater than zero
   “positive numbers”
10. (adjective)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”
11. (adjective)indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
    “a positive pregnancy test”
12. (adjective)of or relating to positivism
    “positivist thinkers”

Definitions sourced from Princeton WordNet (BSD license).