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negative
Overview of noun negative
The noun negative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) negative -- (a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative")
2. negative -- (a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed)
Overview of verb negative
The verb negative has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. veto, blackball, negative -- (vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill")
Overview of adj negative
The adj negative has 9 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (12) negative -- (characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign")
2. (4) negative, electronegative -- (having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative")
3. (2) negative -- (expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial)
4. (1) negative -- (having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life")
5. negative, disconfirming -- (not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative")
6. negative -- (reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates")
7. negative -- (less than zero; "a negative number")
8. damaging, negative -- (designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions; "negative criticism")
9. minus, negative -- (involving disadvantage or harm; "minus (or negative) factors")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun negative
2 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative
=> denial
=> speech act
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
negative
=> film, photographic film
=> photographic paper, photographic material
=> photographic equipment
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun negative
1 of 2 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative
=> no
=> nay
=> double negative
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun negative
2 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative
=> denial
Sense 2
negative
=> film, photographic film
Antonyms of noun negative
1 of 2 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative
Antonym of affirmative (Sense 1)
=>affirmative
Member Holonyms of noun negative
Substance Holonyms of noun negative
Part Holonyms of noun negative
Member Meronyms of noun negative
Substance Meronyms of noun negative
Part Meronyms of noun negative
Meronyms of noun negative
Holonyms of noun negative
Attributes of noun negative
Derived Forms of noun negative
1 of 2 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative
RELATED TO>(verb) negative#1
=> veto, blackball, negative
Domain of noun negative
Domain Terms of noun negative
Familiarity of noun negative
negative used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun negative
2 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative
> denial
=> abnegation
=> naysaying
=> negative
=> refusal
=> disavowal, disclaimer
Sense 2
negative
> film, photographic film
=> footage
=> microfilm
=> motion-picture film, movie film, cine-film
=> negative
=> orthochromatic film
=> panchromatic film
=> positive
=> reel
=> roll
=> roll film
=> sequence, episode
=> X-ray film
=> film clip
Meronyms of noun negative
2 senses of negative
Sense 2
negative
=> film, photographic film
=> photographic paper, photographic material
=> photographic equipment
HAS PART: flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood
=> equipment
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun negative
Grep of noun negative
double negative
negative
negative charge
negative chemotaxis
negative correlation
negative feedback
negative feedback circuit
negative identification
negative magnetic pole
negative muon
negative pole
negative reinforcer
negative reinforcing stimulus
negative stimulation
negative stimulus
negativeness
rh-negative blood
rh-negative blood type
rh negative
Antonyms of verb negative
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb negative
1 sense of negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
=> refute, rebut
=> renounce, repudiate
=> reject
=> evaluate, pass judgment, judge
=> think, cogitate, cerebrate
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb negative
1 sense of negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
=> kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb negative
1 sense of negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
'Cause To' of verb negative
Derived Forms of verb negative
1 sense of negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
RELATED TO>(noun) negative#1
=> negative
Domain of verb negative
Domain Terms of verb negative
Familiarity of verb negative
negative used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb negative
1 sense of negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb negative
1 sense of negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
> oppose, controvert, contradict
=> veto, blackball, negative
=> protest, resist, dissent
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb negative
Sense 1
veto, blackball, negative
=> oppose, controvert, contradict
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Grep of verb negative
negative
Antonyms of adj negative
9 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive)
neutral (vs. positive)(vs. negative)
=> neutralized, neutralised
=> viewless
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral)
=> affirmative, optimistic
=> constructive
Sense 2
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive), electronegative
neutral (vs. positive)(vs. negative), electroneutral
positive (vs. negative)(vs. neutral), electropositive
Sense 3
negative (vs. affirmative)
affirmative (vs. negative), affirmatory
=> assentient
Sense 4
negative
INDIRECT (VIA bad) -> good
Sense 5
negative (vs. positive), disconfirming
positive (vs. negative), confirming
=> Gram-positive
Sense 6
negative (vs. positive)
positive (vs. negative)
Sense 7
negative
INDIRECT (VIA minus) -> plus
Sense 8
damaging, negative
INDIRECT (VIA destructive) -> constructive
Sense 9
minus, negative
INDIRECT (VIA disadvantageous) -> advantageous
Similarity of adj negative
9 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive)
=> antagonistic, counter
=> perverse
Also See> destructive#1; pessimistic#1; unsupportive#1
Sense 2
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive), electronegative
Sense 3
negative (vs. affirmative)
=> dismissive
=> dissentient, dissenting(prenominal), dissident
Also See> disinclined#1; unfavorable#1, unfavourable#1
Sense 4
negative
=> bad (vs. good)
Sense 5
negative (vs. positive), disconfirming
=> Gram-negative
Sense 6
negative (vs. positive)
Sense 7
negative
=> minus (vs. plus)
Sense 8
damaging, negative
=> destructive (vs. constructive)
Sense 9
minus, negative
=> disadvantageous (vs. advantageous), harmful
Pertainyms of adj negative
Attributes of adj negative
2 of 9 senses of negative
Sense 1
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive)
=> quality
Sense 2
negative (vs. neutral)(vs. positive), electronegative
=> polarity, sign
Domain of adj negative
2 of 9 senses of negative
Sense 5
negative (vs. positive), disconfirming
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#1, medical specialty#1
Sense 7
negative
TOPIC>(noun) mathematics#1, math#1, maths#1
Domain Terms of adj negative
Familiarity of adj negative
negative used as an adjective is familiar (polysemy count =9)
Grep of adj negative
electronegative
gram-negative
negative
negatively charged
nonnegative
rh-negative
Grep of adv negative
negatively
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