Definition of positives

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • positives is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
  • positives is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
  • positives is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of positives


  • involving advantage or good (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a plus (or positive) factor

    Synonyms

    1. plus
  • the primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. positive degree
  • marked by excessive confidence (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the less he knows the more positive he gets

    Synonyms

    1. cocksure
    2. overconfident
  • indicating existence or presence of a suspected condition or pathogen (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a positive pregnancy test

    Synonyms

    1. confirming
  • persuaded of; very sure (adjective)

    Examples

    1. I am positive he is lying

    Synonyms

    1. confident
    2. convinced
  • of or relating to positivism (adjective)

    Examples

    1. positive philosophy

    Synonyms

    1. positivist
    2. positivistic
  • impossible to deny or disprove (adjective)

    Examples

    1. proof positive

    Synonyms

    1. incontrovertible
    2. irrefutable
  • having a positive charge (adjective)

    Examples

    1. protons are positive

    Synonyms

    1. electropositive
    2. positively charged
  • formally laid down or imposed (adjective)

    Examples

    1. positive laws

    Synonyms

    1. prescribed
  • a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject (noun)
  • characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance or certainty etc. (adjective)

    Examples

    1. a positive attitude
    2. the reviews were all positive
    3. a positive benefit
    4. a positive demand
  • greater than zero (adjective)

    Examples

    1. positive numbers
  • reckoned, situated or tending in the direction which naturally or arbitrarily is taken to indicate increase or progress or onward motion ()

    Examples

    1. positive increase in graduating students

See definition of positives in Merriam Webster