negativistic

The word “negativistic” has 5 syllables: neg-a-tiv-is-tic

It's pronounced as /ˌnɛɡətɪˈvɪstɪk/


What is synonym and antonym for negativistic?

In the thesaurus, “negativistic” has 60 synonyms and 38 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for negativistic

Antonyms for negativistic

  • beguiled
  • callow
  • careless
  • certain
  • childlike
  • confident
  • cooperative
  • credulous
  • deceived
  • duped
  • green
  • gullable
  • gulled
  • gullible
  • heedless
  • idealistic
  • impractical
  • inexperienced
  • ingenuous
  • innocent
  • naive
  • positive
  • raw
  • simple
  • simpleminded
  • sure
  • tricked
  • trustful
  • trusting
  • uncritical
  • unknowing
  • unquestioning
  • unsophisticated
  • unsuspecting
  • unsuspicious
  • unwary
  • unworldly
  • wide-eyed

Example Sentences

  • His negativistic outlook often dampened the enthusiasm of his colleagues.
  • The team's negativistic mindset made it challenging to innovate and find new solutions.
  • In discussions, her negativistic comments overshadowed the positive contributions of others.
  • The film explores a negativistic perspective on societal progress and individual hope.
  • While some argued for a negativistic view of the future, others remained optimistic about change.

On this page you'll find 98 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to negativistic, such as: averse, beguiled, callow, careful, careless, cautious, certain.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

obstreperous

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • bad
  • balky
  • blaring
  • blatant
  • blustering
  • blusterous
  • boisterous
  • booming
  • brassy
  • brazen
  • cacophonous
  • caterwauling
  • clamant
  • clamorous
  • clangorous
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • defiant
  • dinning
  • discordant
  • discourteous
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • disrespectful
  • dissident
  • dissonant
  • dogged
  • earsplitting
  • errant
  • fractious
  • froward
  • grating
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • ill-natured
  • immovable
  • impertinent
  • implacable
  • impolite
  • impudent
  • incompliant
  • inconsiderate
  • inflexible
  • insolent
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • loud
  • loudmouthed
  • misbehaving
  • mischievous
  • monkeying
  • monkeyish
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • naughty
  • negativistic
  • noisy
  • nonconformist
  • noncooperative
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • opinionated
  • ornery
  • out of hand
  • outspoken
  • peevish
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • piercing
  • pigheaded
  • rackety
  • raising Cain
  • raising the roof
  • rambunctious
  • raucous
  • rebel
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • recusant
  • refractory
  • resistant
  • restive
  • rigid
  • riotous
  • robustious
  • rowdy
  • rude
  • screaming
  • self-willed
  • shrill
  • squawking
  • strepitous
  • strident
  • stubborn
  • tumultuous
  • unbending
  • uncivil
  • uncompromising
  • uncontrollable
  • uncooperative
  • uncouth
  • undisciplined
  • ungovernable
  • ungracious
  • unmanageable
  • unmannerly
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • unyielding
  • uproarious
  • vocal
  • vociferant
  • vociferating
  • vociferous
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded
  • yauping
  • yawping
  • yowling

questioning

  • absorbing
  • analyzing
  • annoying
  • asking
  • assimilating
  • attentiveness
  • believing
  • besieging
  • bombarding
  • calling in question
  • calling into question
  • canvasing
  • canvassing
  • careful
  • catechism
  • catechizing
  • cautious
  • challenging
  • chewing on
  • chewing over
  • cogitating
  • combating
  • combatting
  • conceiving
  • concern
  • concluding
  • considering
  • contemplating
  • contesting
  • critical
  • cross-examining
  • cross-questioning
  • curiosity
  • curious
  • curiousness
  • cynical
  • debating
  • debriefing
  • deliberating
  • digesting
  • disbelieving
  • discounting
  • discrediting
  • disputing
  • distrustful
  • distrusting
  • doubting
  • eavesdropping
  • entertaining
  • examination
  • examining
  • experienced
  • exploring
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • fighting
  • giving the third degree to
  • grilling
  • guarded
  • gun-shy
  • harassing
  • hesitant
  • hounding
  • impeaching
  • incredulous
  • inquest
  • inquiring
  • inquiry
  • inquisition
  • inquisitive
  • inquisitiveness
  • interest
  • interference
  • interrogating
  • interrogation
  • intrusiveness
  • kicking around
  • knowing
  • leary
  • leery
  • looking at
  • meddlesomeness
  • meditating
  • misdoubting
  • mistrustful
  • mistrusting
  • negating
  • negativistic
  • nosey
  • nosiness
  • nosy
  • obtrusiveness
  • officiousness
  • opining
  • opposing
  • oppugning
  • paranoid
  • paranoidal
  • perpending
  • pestering
  • picking the brains of
  • polling
  • pondering
  • protesting
  • prying
  • pumping
  • puzzled
  • querying
  • quizzical
  • quizzing
  • reasoning
  • regard
  • reminiscing
  • resisting
  • reviewing
  • revolving
  • rubbernecking
  • ruminating
  • second-guessing
  • show-me
  • skeptical
  • snoopy
  • sophisticated
  • studying
  • surveying
  • suspecting
  • suspicious
  • sweating
  • turning
  • unbelieving
  • uncertain
  • unconvinced
  • undecided
  • undetermined
  • unsettled
  • unsure
  • wary
  • watchful
  • weighing
  • wonderment
  • worldly
  • worldly-wise

balky

  • adamant
  • adamantine
  • averse
  • bad
  • contrary
  • contumacious
  • defiant
  • discourteous
  • disobedient
  • disorderly
  • disrespectful
  • dissident
  • dogged
  • errant
  • fractious
  • froward
  • hardheaded
  • headstrong
  • hesitant
  • ill-bred
  • ill-mannered
  • ill-natured
  • immovable
  • impertinent
  • implacable
  • impolite
  • impudent
  • incompliant
  • inconsiderate
  • indisposed
  • inflexible
  • insolent
  • insubordinate
  • insurgent
  • intractable
  • loath
  • misbehaving
  • mischievous
  • monkeying
  • monkeyish
  • mulish
  • mutinous
  • naughty
  • negative
  • negativistic
  • nonconformist
  • noncooperative
  • obdurate
  • obstinate
  • obstreperous
  • opinionated
  • ornery
  • peevish
  • pertinacious
  • perverse
  • pigheaded
  • rebel
  • rebellious
  • recalcitrant
  • recusant
  • refractory
  • reluctant
  • resistant
  • restive
  • rigid
  • rude
  • self-willed
  • stubborn
  • unbending
  • uncivil
  • uncompromising
  • uncontrollable
  • uncooperative
  • uncouth
  • undisciplined
  • ungovernable
  • ungracious
  • unmanageable
  • unmannerly
  • unpredictable
  • unrelenting
  • unruly
  • untoward
  • unyielding
  • wayward
  • wild
  • wilful
  • willful
  • wrongheaded

unbelieving

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