positive
Usage
What are other ways to say positive?
The adjective positive implies emphatic certainty, which may even become overconfidence or dogmatism. Certain suggests that there are definite reasons that have freed one from doubt. Confident emphasizes the strength of the belief or the certainty of expectation felt. Sure, the simplest and most general term, expresses mere absence of doubt.
Example Sentences
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“I love my daughter, I would do anything for her. I would give up my job for her, but she was not a positive in my career,” Latifi said in an interview with The 19th.
From Salon • May 10, 2026
Parkinson on Friday revealed that the soil tests were positive for remains.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026
On whether it was a positive vote for the Greens or a protest vote against the Labour government, Polanski said there had been a "rise in the Green vote".
From BBC • May 8, 2026
On the positive side, that’s well ahead of the 65,000 expected.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
This anonymous writer was positive that the rappings sounded “always under or about the mediums” and called one of the male mediums “most peculiar and un-wholesome looking.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing positive
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 3
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