Definition of negatives

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• negatives is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
• negatives is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
• negatives is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of negatives

• designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions (adjective)

  Examples

  1. negative criticism

  Synonyms

  1. damaging
• not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the HIV test was negative

  Synonyms

  1. disconfirming
• involving disadvantage or harm (adjective)

  Examples

  1. minus (or negative) factors

  Synonyms

  1. minus
• vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. blackball
  2. veto
• having a negative charge (adjective)

  Examples

  1. electrons are negative

  Synonyms

  1. electronegative
  2. negatively charged
• a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed (noun)
• a reply of denial (noun)

  Examples

  1. he answered in the negative
• characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a negative outlook on life
  2. a colorless negative personality
  3. a negative evaluation
  4. a negative reaction to an advertising campaign
• expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial (adjective)
• having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant (adjective)

  Examples

  1. ran a negative campaign
  2. delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life
• less than zero (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a negative number
• reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive ()

  Examples

  1. negative interest rates

See definition of negatives in Merriam Webster