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Defenition of the word negative

    • Defenition of the word negative

      • Less than zero.
      • Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial.
      • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism"
      • involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors"
      • expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
      • reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
      • having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"
      • characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"
      • (mathematics) less than zero; "a negative number"
      • a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed
      • a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"
      • (med) not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
      • having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"
      • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
      • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"
      • less than zero; "a negative number"
      • not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"
      • a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
      • a reply of denial
      • involving disadvantage or harm
      • having a negative charge
      • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
      • having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
      • characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
      • less than zero
      • not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

    Synonyms for the word negative

      • blackball
      • damaging
      • denial
      • depressing
      • destructive
      • disapproving
      • disconfirming
      • downbeat
      • electronegative
      • harmful
      • minus
      • no
      • off-putting
      • pessimistic
      • refusal
      • unconstructive
      • unenthusiastic
      • unhelpful
      • veto

    Similar words in the negative

      • antagonistic
      • backward
      • bad
      • counter
      • destructive
      • disadvantageous
      • disinclined
      • dismissive
      • dissentient
      • dissenting
      • dissenting(a)
      • dissident
      • harmful
      • minus
      • negative
      • negatived
      • negatively
      • negatives
      • non
      • perverse
      • pessimistic
      • unfavorable
      • unfavourable
      • unsupportive

    Hyponyms for the word negative

      • defeat
      • double negative
      • kill
      • nay
      • no
      • shoot down
      • vote down
      • vote out

    Hypernyms for the word negative

      • contradict
      • controvert
      • denial
      • film
      • oppose
      • photographic film

    Antonyms for the word negative

      • affirmative
      • affirmatory
      • confirming
      • electroneutral
      • electropositive
      • neutral
      • positive

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