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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Last year the results came in at over 67% positive.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Clarke acknowledges these positive vibes are yet to be transferred to competitive football.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
The Disability Insurance trust fund’s reserves are projected to remain positive throughout the 75-year projection period.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Already though, there’s been positive signs for the island foxes and the western snowy plover, a threatened shorebird that has a year-round population on Santa Rosa.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Sometimes his imagination went too far, but Cat was almost positive he’d been joking.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
Vocabulary lists containing positive
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