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negative
Synonyms and Antonyms of negative
1
marked by opposition or ill will
adverse, argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, clashing, combative, conflicting, contentious, contrary, disputatious, militant, opposed, pugnacious, quarrelsome, resisting, scrappy, truculent
antisocial, cold, cool, disagreeable, disapproving, distant, frigid, icy
discourteous, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inconsiderate, rude, surly, uncivil, unfavorable, unkind, unmannerly, unpleasant, unsociable
acrimonious, bitter, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, opprobrious, rancorous, spiteful, unloving, vindictive, virulent
affable, amiable, amicable, civil, companionable, comradely, convivial, cordial, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, gregarious, neighborly, pleasant, sociable, social, warm
affectionate, devoted, kind, kindly, loving, nice, sweet
accepting, agreeable, approving, benign, empathetic, favorable, understanding, warmhearted, welcoming
2
opposed to oneʼs interests
damaging, deleterious, destructive, detrimental, fatal, harmful, hurtful, ill, injurious, lethal, malignant, murderous, noxious, pernicious, poisonous, ruinous, threatening, troublesome, unhealthy, wounding
dangerous, hazardous, imperiling (or imperilling), jeopardizing, parlous, perilous, risky, unsafe
calumnious, defamatory, detractive, offensive, scathing, slanderous
antagonistic, antipathetic, inhospitable, intolerant, uncongenial, uncooperative
competing, conflicting, counteracting, countering, opposing, resistant, resisting
negative
Synonyms and Antonyms of negative
1
a vote or decision against something
nay, no, non placet
2
something that is as different as possible from something else
3
a feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success
head start, jump, lead, margin, start
ascendancy (also ascendency), better, command, control, drop, mastery, predominance, superiority, supremacy, transcendence, upper hand
negative
Synonyms and Antonyms of negative
1
to reject by or as if by a vote
2
to declare not to be true
3
to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
blow off, disdain, rebuff, scorn, scout, shoot down
abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)
deny, disavow, disclaim, dispute, gainsay
abjure, forswear (also foreswear), recant, renounce, retract, take back, unsay, withdraw
contradict, deny, disown, negate
controvert, disagree (with), disprove, dispute, rebut, refute
turn one's back on
4
to balance with an equal force so as to make ineffective
5
to be unwilling to grant
afford, furnish, give, provide, supply
authorize, commission, license (also licence)
accede (to), acquiesce, agree (to), assent (to), consent (to), warrant
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