negative

The word “negative” has 3 syllables: neg-a-tive

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛɡətɪv/

What is synonym and antonym for negative?

In the thesaurus, “negative” has 306 synonyms and 167 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for negative along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for negative

abjure
abrogating
acrimonious
adversarial
adversary
adverse
against
albatross
annul
annulling
antagonistic
anti
antipathetic
antipode
antisocial
antithesis
antonym
argumentative
avoid
back down
back off
backtrack
bad
baleful
balky
ban
baneful
bar
bellicose
belligerent
biased
bitter
blackball
blacklist
blow off
bypass
calumnious
catch
challenge
check
clashing
clog
cold
colorless
combative
competing
con
conflicting
confute
constrain
contentious
contradict
contrary
contravening
controvert
converse
cool
correct
counter
counteract
counteracting
counteractive
counterbalance
countering
counterpoint
counterpoise
crimp
curb
cynical
damaging
dangerous
debit
decline
defamatory
deleterious
denial
deny
denying
deselect
despiteful
destructive
detour
detractive
detrimental
disability
disadvantage
disadvantageous
disaffirm
disagreeable
disallow
disallowing
disapprove
disapproving
disavow
disavowal
disavowing
disbenefit
disclaim
disconfirm
discourteous
disdain
dismiss
disown
disprove
disputatious
dispute
dissentient
dissenting
distant
down
downside
drawback
embarrassment
enjoin
evil
failing
fatal
forbear
forbid
foreswear
forswear
frigid
gainsay
gainsaying
gloomy
handicap
harmful
hateful
hazardous
hinder
hindrance
hitch
hold
hostile
hurdle
hurtful
icy
ignore
ill
ill-bred
ill-mannered
impairment
impede
impediment
imperiling
imperilling
impertinent
impolite
impugning
incommodity
inconsiderate
inhospitable
inimical
injurious
interference
intolerant
invalidate
invalidating
inverse
jaundiced
jeopardizing
keep
kill
let
lethal
liability
malevolent
malicious
malign
malignant
manacle
militant
millstone
minus
mirror image
mortal
murderous
nay
naysaying
negate
negation
neuter
neutralize
neutralizing
nix
no
non placet
noxious
nugatory
nullify
nullifying
obstacle
obstruct
obstruction
obverse
offensive
offset
opposed
opposing
opposite
opprobrious
outbalance
outweigh
override
overrule
parlous
pass
pass up
perilous
pernicious
pessimistic
poisonous
prejudiced
prejudicial
privative
prohibit
proscribe
pugnacious
quarrelsome
rancorous
rebuff
rebut
recall
recant
recusant
redeem
redress
refusal
refuse
refusing
refutation
refute
reject
rejecting
relieve
remedy
removed
renege
renounce
repel
repress
reprobate
repudiate
repugnant
resistant
resisting
resistive
restrain
restrict
retract
reverse
revoke
risky
rub
rude
ruinous
scathing
scorn
scout
scrappy
shackle
shoot down
shortcoming
slanderous
spiteful
spurn
stick
stop
stranglehold
strike
surly
take back
threatening
throw out
throw over
trammel
traverse
troublesome
truculent
turn down
unaffirmative
uncivil
uncongenial
uncooperative
unenthusiastic
unfavorable
unfriendly
unhealthy
uninterested
unkind
unloving
unmannerly
unpleasant
unsafe
unsay
unsociable
unsympathetic
untoward
unwilling
veto
vindictive
virulent
weak
withdraw
withhold
wounding

Antonyms for negative

OK
accede
accept
acceptance
accepting
accord
acknowledge
acquiesce
admit
adopt
advantage
advantageous
affable
affectionate
affirm
afford
agree
agreeable
aid
allow
amiable
amicable
analog
analogue
announce
approval
approve
approving
ascendancy
ascendency
assent
assert
asset
assistance
authenticate
authorize
aver
avow
beneficial
benign
benignant
better
break
carbon copy
choose
civil
claim
command
commission
companionable
complying
comradely
concede
condone
confirm
congenial
consent
control
convivial
copy
cordial
corroborate
countenance
counterpart
declare
devoted
drop
duplicate
edge
elect
embrace
empathetic
espouse
favorable
friendly
furnish
genial
give
good
good-natured
good-tempered
grace
gracious
grant
gregarious
handpick
harmless
head start
help
helpful
hospitable
innocent
innocuous
inoffensive
jump
kind
kindly
lead
let
licence
license
loving
maintain
margin
mastery
neighborly
nice
nonantagonistic
nondestructive
nonfatal
nonhostile
nonlethal
nonthreatening
okay
opportunity
own
pass
permit
pleasant
plus
positive
predominance
prerogative
privilege
pro
profess
propitious
provide
ratify
receive
replica
sanction
select
sociable
social
start
submit
substantiate
superiority
supply
support
supportive
supremacy
swallow
sweet
sympathetic
synonym
take
tolerant
tolerate
transcendence
understanding
unresistant
upper hand
useful
validate
vantage
verify
vouchsafe
warm
warmhearted
warrant
welcome
welcoming
well-disposed
yea
yes

Meanings of negative

noun
1. Refusal or withholding of assents; prohibition, veto.
2. A right of veto.
3. An image in which dark areas represent light ones, and the converse.
4. (grammar) A word that indicates negation.
5. A negative quantity.
6. : A rep performed with weight in which the muscle begins at maximum contraction and is slowly extended; a movement performed using only the eccentric phase of muscle movement.
7. The negative plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
verb
1. To refuse; to veto.
2. To contradict.
3. To disprove.
4. To make ineffective; to neutralize.
adjective
1. Not positive nor neutral.
2. Of electrical charge of an electron and related particles.
3. Of a number: less than zero.
4. Denying a proposition.
5. Damaging; undesirable; unfavourable.
6. Often used pejoratively: pessimistic; not tending to see the bright side of things.
7. Of or relating to a photographic image in which the colours of the original, and the relations of left and right, are reversed.
8. Metalloidal, nonmetallic; contrasted with positive or basic.
9. (New Age jargon) Often preceded by emotion, energy, feeling, or thought: to be avoided, bad, difficult, disagreeable, painful, potentially damaging, unpleasant, unwanted.
10. Characterized by the presence of features which do not support a hypothesis.
11. HIV negative.
interjection
1. (signalling) An elaborate synonym for no.

Example Sentences

The negative results of the experiment prompted further investigation.
Her negative attitude toward the project affected the team's morale.
He received a negative response to his job application, but he remained optimistic.
The doctor explained that not all negative test results indicate a serious problem.
It's important to address any negative feedback constructively to improve performance.

On this page you'll find 473 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to negative, such as: OK, abjure, abrogating, accede, accept, acceptance, accepting.

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