Synonyms for Affirmative

Synonyms for "affirmative" (171 found)

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Closest matches (35)

absolute acceptance accord accordant acquiescence acquiescent affirmationaffirmative attitudeaffirmative voiceaffirmativeness affirmatory agree agreeable agreeing agreement amen answerable approbation approval approving

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assent assenting assertative assertional assertive

Adjective(5 words)

affirmatory approbative approbatory approvingassertional content

Noun(5 words)

agreeing assent assenting assertion assertive

Strong matches (51)

Noun(6 words)

assertive clauseconfirmation confirmatory confirming consentdeclarative sentence

at oneaye blessing coexistent coexisting coherent coincident coinciding commensurate compatible compliable compliance compliant con concordant concurring conformable congenial congruent congruous

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Adjective(2 words)

clear thumbs-upfavourable

Related words (85)

harmoniousin accordin agreementin harmonyin rapportin syncin synchronizationinaccordance inharmony interestlike mindedlike-minded nay no nodnod of assentnothing loathof a pieceof like mindof one mind

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Noun(12 words)

italian dichiararepositivepositive formpositive polaritypositive sentencepro voteradio signalingsupportingsupporting sidethumbs upvalidatingyes vote

Adjective(6 words)

optimistic plausivepositive behaviorpositive control datapositive descriptorpositive determiner

Interjection(1 words)

yeah

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

12 entries

affirmation avouchment avowal declaration evidencegrammatical categorygrammatical moodpositive qualityresponsesentence typestatement vote

More specific

13 entries

affirmative clauseaffirmative sentenceagreeing approval assent assenting confirming consentdeclarative clausemajority votepositive clausesupportingunanimous vote

Collocations

8 entries

affirmative actionaffirmative clauseaffirmative defenseaffirmative responseaffirmative sentenceaffirmative stanceaffirmative statementaffirmative vote

Inflections

3 entries

affirmativesmore affirmativemost affirmative

Derivations

2 entries

affirmation affirmatively

Antonyms

2 entries

negative

similar

5 entries

assentient assenting favorable favourable positive

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Debate is an academic game between the affirmative and the negative.

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Although many pay lip service to the idea of affirmative action, in reality, very few minorities get hired.

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If this part is affirmative, why is this other part a question?

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Affirmative, sir.

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Affirmative