Negative Synonyms and Antonyms

nĕgə-tĭv
Lacking positive qualities
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. neutral
  2. privative
  3. unaffirmative
  4. absent
  5. adverse
  6. removed
  7. disadvantageous
  8. blank
  9. neutralizing
  10. unadvantageous
  11. counteractive
  12. negatory
  13. unfavorable
  14. annulling
  15. abrogating
  16. unsatisfactory
  17. invalidating
  18. untoward
Antonyms:
  1. positive
  2. neutral
  3. affirmative
  4. emphatic
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To prevent or forbid authoritatively
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. veto
  2. blackball
  3. turn down
  4. nix
To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. contradict
  2. contravene
  3. controvert
  4. deny
  5. disaffirm
  6. gainsay
  7. negate
  8. oppugn
  9. traverse
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Having a negative charge
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. damaging
  2. electronegative
  3. negatively charged
A negative image
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. film
  2. plate
  3. developed film
Antonyms:
  1. affirmative
  2. positive
  3. good
  4. affirmation

Words Related to Negative

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. image
  2. help
  3. accept
  4. affirm
  5. double-negative
  6. picture
  7. the-negative
  8. negatively
  9. bias
  10. postive
  11. coagulase
  12. distorted
  13. subjective
  14. false positive

Negative Sentence Examples

  • What makes you so negative about him?

  • I try to resurrect my first impression of Howard Abbott not colored by Quinn's negative appraisal.

  • This approach has a long and mostly negative history.

  • She could find no negative remarks about the self-made man.

  • It was strong enough to wipe out anything negative he might feel towards her.

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