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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being agreeable or assenting |
| Synonyms: | acknowledging, acquiescent, affirmatory, affirming, approving, complying, concurring, confirmative, confirmatory, confirming, consenting, corroborative, endorsing, favorable, positive, ratifying, supporting |
| Antonyms: | dissenting, negative |
| Main Entry: | nod |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gesture of the head |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, acknowledgment, affirmative, beckon, bow, dip, greeting, inclination, indication, permission, salute, sign, signal, yes |
| Main Entry: | positive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | definite, certain |
| Synonyms: | absolute, actual, affirmative, assured, categorical, clear, clear-cut, cocksure, cold*, complete, conclusive, concrete, confident, consummate, convinced, decided, decisive, direct, downright, explicit, express, factual, firm, forceful, forcible, genuine, hard, inarguable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, irrefutable, out-and-out, outright, perfect, rank, real, specific, sure, thorough, thoroughgoing, unambiguous, undeniable, unequivocal, unmistakable, unmitigated |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | doubtful, indefinite, negative, uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | positive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beneficial, helpful |
| Synonyms: | affirmative, constructive, effective, efficacious, forward-looking, good, practical, productive, progressive, reasonable, sound, useful |
| Notes: | positive is the ordinary form of a word, with comparative conveying the sense of greater intensity of the adjective and superlative reflecting the greatest intensity of the adjective |
| Antonyms: | disadvantageous, negative, unhelpful |
| Main Entry: | yes |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | agreed |
| Synonyms: | affirmative, all right*, amen, aye, beyond a doubt, by all means, certainly, definitely, even so, exactly, fine, gladly, good, good enough, granted, indubitably, just so, most assuredly, naturally, of course, okay*, positively, precisely, sure thing, surely, true, undoubtedly, unquestionably, very well, willingly, without fail, yea, yep |
| Antonyms: | disagreed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aye |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | yes |
| Synonyms: | affirmative, always, continually, okay, vote |
| Antonyms: | nay, negative |
| Main Entry: | yea |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | yes |
| Synonyms: | affirmative, aye, certainly, okay, surely, yep, yup |
| Notes: | yea is the word for an oral vote or hurrah; yeah is another word for yes |
| Antonyms: | nay, no |
| Main Entry: | approbatory |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complimentary |
| Synonyms: | acclamatory, affirmative, applauding, approbative, approving, commendatory, congratulatory, laudatory, plauditory, praiseful, praising |
| Main Entry: | OK |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | yes |
| Synonyms: | absolutely, affirmative, agreed, all right*, amen, assuredly, aye, beyond a doubt, by all means, certainly, definitely, even so, exactly, fine, gladly, good, good enough, granted, indubitably, just so, most assuredly, naturally, of course, okay*, positively, precisely, roger, sure thing, surely, true, undoubtedly, unquestionably, very well, willingly, without fail, yea, yep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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