English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

negative

noun

1 negative

A reply of denial.

Roget 558: engraving, chalcography; line engraving, mezzotint engraving, stipple engraving, chalk engraving; dry point, bur; etching, aquatinta; chiseling; plate engraving, copperplate engraving, steel engraving, ... show more

Roget 22: prototype, original, model, pattern, precedent, standard, ideal, reference, scantling, type; archetype, antitype; protoplast, module, ... show more

Roget 556: painting; depicting; drawing etc. v.; design; perspective, sciagraphy, skiagraphy; chiaroscuro etc. (light) 420; composition; ... show more

Dutch: negatie, ontkenningswoord

2 negative

A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed.

Polish: negatyw

verb

1 negative

Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent.

synonyms: blackball, veto.

Roget 764: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, ... show more

Roget 536: deny; contradict, contravene; controvert, give denial to, gainsay, negative, shake the head.    disown, disaffirm, disclaim, disavow; recant etc. ... show more

Roget 479: confute, refute, disprove; parry, negative, controvert, rebut, confound, disconfirm, redargue, expose, show the fallacy of, defeat; ... show more

adjective

1 negative

Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features.

Roget 2: inexistent, nonexistent etc. 1; negative, blank; missing, omitted; absent etc. 187; insubstantial, shadowy, ... show more

Roget 536: denying etc. v.; denied etc. v.; contradictory; negative, negatory; recusant etc. (dissenting) 489; ... show more

Roget 489: dissenting etc. v.; negative etc. 536; dissident, dissentient; unconsenting etc. (refusing) 764; non-content, nonjuring; ... show more

Roget 84: numeral, complementary, divisible, aliquot, reciprocal, prime, relatively prime, fractional, decimal, figurate, incommensurable.    proportional, exponential, logarithmic, ... show more

Roget 14: contrary, contrarious, contrariant; opposite, counter, dead against; converse, reverse; opposed, antithetical, contrasted, antipodean, antagonistic, opposing; ... show more

Polish: negatywny

2 negative

Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial.

Polish: negatywny

3 negative

Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant.

4 negative

Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition:
— The HIV test was negative.

synonym: disconfirming.

Polish: ujemny, minusowy, negatywny

5 negative

Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive.

6 negative

Less than zero.

Polish: ujemny, minusowy

7 negative

Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions:
— Negative criticism.

synonym: damaging.

8 negative

Having a negative charge:
— Electrons are negative.

synonyms: electronegative, negatively charged.

9 negative

Involving disadvantage or harm:
— Minus (or negative) factors.

synonym: minus.


adverb

Roget 536: no, nay, not, nowise; not a bit, not a whit, not a jot; not at all, nohow, not in the least, not so; negative, negatory; no way [Coll.]; ... show more

Moby thesaurus: Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Ditto copy, Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, abjuratory, abnegate, abnegation, abnegative, abolish, abrogate, absolute veto, adversary, adversative, adverse, algorismic, algorithmic, alien ... show more.

Find more on negative elsewhere: etymology - rhymes - Wikipedia.

debug info: 0.0552