negatives

The word “negatives” has 3 syllables: neg-a-tives

It's pronounced as /ˈnɛɡətɪvz/

What is synonym and antonym for negatives?

In the thesaurus, “negatives” has 162 synonyms and 111 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for negatives

abjures
albatross
albatrosses
annuls
antipodes
antitheses
antonyms
avoids
backs down
backs off
backtracks
bans
bars
blackballs
blacklists
blows off
bypasses
catches
challenges
checks
clogs
confutes
cons
constrains
contradicts
contraries
controverts
converses
corrects
counteracts
counterbalances
counterpoints
counterpoises
counters
crimps
curbs
debits
declines
denial
denials
denies
deselects
detours
disabilities
disadvantages
disaffirms
disallows
disapproves
disavowal
disavows
disbenefits
disclaims
disconfirms
disdains
dismisses
disowns
disproves
disputes
downs
downsides
drawbacks
embarrassments
enjoins
failings
forbears
forbids
foreswears
forswears
gainsays
handicaps
hinders
hindrances
hitches
holds
hurdles
ignores
impairments
impedes
impediments
incommodities
interferences
invalidates
inverses
keeps
kills
lets
liabilities
manacles
millstones
minuses
mirror images
nay
nays
negates
negations
neuters
neutralizes
nixes
noes
non placets
nos
nullifies
obstacles
obstructions
obstructs
obverses
offsets
opposites
outbalances
outweighs
overrides
overrules
passes
passes up
prohibits
proscribes
rebuffs
rebuts
recalls
recants
redeems
redresses
refusal
refusals
refuses
refutation
refutes
rejects
relieves
remedies
reneges
renounces
repels
represses
reprobates
repudiates
restrains
restricts
retracts
reverses
revokes
rubs
scorns
scouts
shackles
shoots down
shortcomings
spurns
sticks
stops
strangleholds
strikes
takes back
throws out
throws over
trammels
traverses
turns down
unsays
vetoes
withdraws
withholds

Antonyms for negatives

OKs
accedes
acceptances
accepts
accords
acknowledges
acquiesces
admits
adopts
advantages
affirms
affords
agrees
aids
allows
analogs
analogues
announces
approval
approvals
approves
ascendancies
ascendencies
assents
asserts
assets
assistances
authenticates
authorizes
avers
avows
betters
breaks
carbon copies
chooses
claims
commands
commissions
concedes
condones
confirms
consents
controls
copies
corroborates
countenances
counterparts
declares
drops
duplicates
edges
elects
embraces
espouses
furnishes
gives
graces
grants
handpicks
head starts
help
jumps
leads
lets
licences
licenses
maintains
margins
masteries
okays
opportunities
owns
passes
permits
pluses
plusses
positive
positives
predominances
prerogatives
privileges
professes
pros
provides
ratifies
receives
replicas
sanctions
selects
starts
submits
substantiates
superiorities
supplies
supports
supremacies
swallows
synonyms
takes
tolerates
transcendences
upper hands
validates
vantages
verifies
vouchsafes
warrants
welcomes
yeas
yeses
yesses

Meanings of negatives

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.

Example Sentences

The photographer reviewed the negatives to select the best shots for the album.
In her analysis, she pointed out the negatives of the proposed plan.
The study highlighted both the positives and negatives of social media use among teenagers.
He was surprised by the number of negatives found in the quality assessment.
Understanding the negatives of a situation can help in making better decisions.

On this page you'll find 273 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to negatives, such as: OKs, abjures, accedes, acceptances, accepts, accords, acknowledges.

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