Positive

adjective

'pɑzɪtɪv

Adjective

involving advantage or good
“a plus (or positive) factor”
Similar:Plus
marked by excessive confidence
“the less he knows the more positive he gets”
Similar:CocksureOverconfident
indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen
“a positive pregnancy test”
Similar:Confirming
persuaded of; very sure
“I am positive he is lying”
Similar:ConfidentConvinced
impossible to deny or disprove
“proof positive”
Similar:IncontrovertibleIrrefutable
having a positive charge
“protons are positive”
Similar:Electropositive
formally laid down or imposed
“positive laws”
Similar:Prescribed
characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc.
“a positive attitude”
“the reviews were all positive”
“a positive benefit”
See also:ConstructiveSupportiveOptimistic
of or relating to positivism
“positive philosophy”
Similar:PositivistPositivistic
greater than zero
“positive numbers”

the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution
Type of:AdverbAdjective
a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
Type of:Film

reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion
“positive increase in graduating students”