This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience. Learn more

Negative synonyms

Sorting by
Votes
contradictory
Inclined to contradict or deny
1
0
  1. Inclined to contradict or deny
  2. Involving a contradiction; inconsistent
  3. Involving, of the nature of, or being a contradiction:
cynical
Sarcastic, sneering, etc.
1
0
  1. Sarcastic, sneering, etc.
  2. (Medicine, rare) like the actions of a snarling dog.
  3. Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
cool
Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather
1
0
  1. Tending to reduce discomfort in warm or hot weather
  2. Giving or suggesting relief from heat:
  3. Moderately cold; neither warm nor very cold
disavowal
A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
1
0
  1. A denial of knowledge, relationship, and/or responsibility towards something (someone).
dissentient
Dissenting, esp. from the majority opinion
0
0
  1. Dissenting, esp. from the majority opinion
  2. Dissenting, especially from the sentiment or policies of a majority.
contrary
(Music) Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
0
0
  1. (Music) Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
  2. Adverse; unfavorable:
  3. Opposed, as in character or purpose:
adverse
Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
0
0
  1. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
  2. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
  3. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
adversarial
Of or characterized by opposition, disagreement, hostility, etc., as between adversaries
0
0
  1. Of or characterized by opposition, disagreement, hostility, etc., as between adversaries
  2. Relating to or characteristic of an adversary; involving antagonistic elements:
  3. Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
repugnant
Causing repugnance; distasteful; offensive; disagreeable
0
0
  1. Causing repugnance; distasteful; offensive; disagreeable
  2. Contradictory; inconsistent
  3. (Logic) Contradictory; inconsistent.
recusant
Of or like a recusant
0
0
  1. Of or like a recusant
naysaying
That opposes, refuses, etc., esp. habitually
0
0
  1. That opposes, refuses, etc., esp. habitually
absent
Not present; away
0
0
  1. Not present; away
  2. Not present; missing:
  3. Exhibiting or feeling inattentiveness:
removed
Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
0
0
  1. Distant in space, time, or nature; remote.
  2. Of a different generation, older or younger
  3. Separated in relationship by a given degree of descent:
privative
Depriving or tending to deprive
0
0
  1. Depriving or tending to deprive
  2. Characterized by a taking away or loss of some quality
  3. (Grammar) Altering the meaning of a term from positive to negative.
uninterested
Not interested; indifferent
0
0
  1. Not interested; indifferent
  2. Not interested in something; having no interest.
  3. Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.
glum
Gloomy; dismal.
0
0
  1. Gloomy; dismal.
  2. Moody and melancholy; dejected.
  3. Feeling or looking gloomy, sullen, or morose
morose
Characterized by gloom
0
0
  1. Characterized by gloom
  2. Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
  3. Ill-tempered; gloomy, sullen, etc.
cold
Having a low temperature:
0
0
  1. Having a low temperature:
  2. So intense as to be almost uncontrollable:
  3. Dead:
contradiction
An inconsistency or discrepancy:
0
0
  1. An inconsistency or discrepancy:
  2. The act or an instance of contradicting:
  3. The state of being contradicted:
refutation
Something that refutes, as an argument
0
0
  1. Something that refutes, as an argument
  2. The act of refuting, or proving false or wrong; disproof
film
Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.
0
0
  1. Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.
  2. A sheet or roll of a flexible cellulose material coated with an emulsion sensitive to light and used to capture an image for a photograph or film
  3. A thin covering or coating:
plate
A thin, flat sheet of metal or other material, especially one used as an electrode in a storage battery or capacitor, or as the anode of an electron tube.
0
0
  1. A thin, flat sheet of metal or other material, especially one used as an electrode in a storage battery or capacitor, or as the anode of an electron tube.
  2. (Photography) A light-sensitive sheet of glass or metal on which a photographic image can be recorded.
  3. The contents of such a dish:
adverse
Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
0
0
  1. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
  2. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
  3. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
disadvantageous
Not advantageous.
0
0
  1. Not advantageous.
  2. Detrimental; unfavorable.
  3. Causing or characterized by disadvantage; unfavorable; adverse; detrimental
unfavorable
Having or showing opposition; adverse:
0
0
  1. Having or showing opposition; adverse:
  2. Adverse, contrary, or disadvantageous
  3. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
untoward
Not favorable or fortunate; adverse, inauspicious, etc.
0
0
  1. Not favorable or fortunate; adverse, inauspicious, etc.
  2. Unfavorable or adverse:
  3. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous.
blackball
To bar or ostracize from social life, a particular profession, etc.
0
0
  1. To bar or ostracize from social life, a particular profession, etc.
  2. To vote against; esp., to vote against letting (a person) join one's organization
  3. To vote against, especially to veto the admission of.
turn down
(Idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
0
0
  1. (Idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
  2. (Idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
veto
To forbid, prohibit, or decide against:
0
0
  1. To forbid, prohibit, or decide against:
  2. The power of one branch of government to prohibit a certain action by another; for example, the chief executive’s right to refuse to sign a legislature-passed bill into law.
  3. To prevent or delay (a legislative bill) from becoming law by exercising the power of veto.
nix
Not so; no.
0
0
  1. Not so; no.
  2. (Informal) To disapprove of or put a stop to
  3. To forbid, refuse, or veto:
contradict
To deny the statement of (a person)
0
0
  1. To deny the statement of (a person)
  2. To be contrary or opposed to; go against
  3. To speak in denial; oppose verbally
contravene
To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate:
0
0
  1. To act or be in violation of (a law, directive, or principle, for example); violate:
  2. To go against; oppose; conflict with; violate
  3. To disagree with in argument; contradict
controvert
To raise arguments against; voice opposition to.
0
0
  1. To raise arguments against; voice opposition to.
  2. To argue about; debate; discuss
  3. To argue or reason against; contradict; deny; dispute
deny
To refuse the request of (a person)
0
0
  1. To refuse the request of (a person)
  2. To give a refusal to; turn down or away:
  3. To refuse to believe; reject:
disaffirm
(Law) To refuse to abide by (a contract, agreement, etc.); repudiate
0
0
  1. (Law) To refuse to abide by (a contract, agreement, etc.); repudiate
  2. To deny or contradict (a former statement)
  3. To deny, contradict or repudiate
gainsay
To speak or act against; oppose
0
0
  1. To speak or act against; oppose
  2. To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
  3. To deny
negate
To make negative:
0
0
  1. To make negative:
  2. (Computers) To perform the machine logic operation NOT gate.
  3. To deny the existence or truth of
oppugn
To oppose with argument; criticize adversely; call in question
0
0
  1. To oppose with argument; criticize adversely; call in question
traverse
To pass, move, or extend over, across, or through; cross
0
0
  1. To pass, move, or extend over, across, or through; cross
  2. To turn (a gun, lathe, etc.) laterally; swivel
  3. To cause to move laterally on a pivot; swivel:
Find another word for negative. In this page you can discover 73 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for negative, like: contradictory, cynical, cool, disavowal, developed film, denying, negatory, dissentient, disavowing, contrary and adverse.

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.

  • the working of several instruments from one set of batteries or accumulators, is adopted, the positive and negative currents have to be sent from independent batteries, as shown by fig.

More sentences →

Related Articles

More Articles →

Words that mention negative in the Dictionary

Words near negative in the Thesaurus