positive

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 82.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Included, present, characterized by affirmation.
2. adjective Formally laid down. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
3. adjective Stated definitively and without qualification.
4. adjective Fully assured in opinion.

   I’m absolutely positive you've spelt that wrong.

5. adjective Greater than zero.
6. adjective Greater than or equal to zero.
7. adjective Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
8. adjective Overconfident, dogmatic.

Similar words

favorable confident convinced certain optimistic cocksure advantageous sure affirmatory affirmative

Often followed by

and or results in effect for correlation charge attitude

Word family

positively positiveness positivenesses positiver positives positivest