positive
I
(confident) adjective
assured, believing, certain, certus, convinced, decided, decisive, definite, determined, fully convinced, insistent, perfectly sure, persuaded, reassured, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-confident, sure, trusting, undoubting, unhesitating, unquestioning, unshaken, untroubled, unwavering
associated concepts: positive identification
II
(incontestable) adjective
absolute, ascertained, authentic, axiomatic, axiomatical, beyond all question, beyond doubt, categorical, certain, clear, conclusive, decided, definite, determinate, evident, explicit, final, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, inescapable, infallible, irrefragable, irrefutable, past dispute, precise, reliable, sound, sure, true, trustworthy, unanswerable, unchallengeable, unconfutable, undeniable, unequivocal, unerring, unimpeachable, unmistakable, unqualified, unquestionable, unrefutable
associated concepts: positive proof
III
(prescribed) adjective
assigned, binding, commanded, compulsory, decreed, demanded, dictated, enacted, enjoined, established, exacted, fixed, imperative, imposed, instituted, issued, laid down, legislated, mandatory, obligatory, ordained, required, requisite, ruled, set, stated authoritatively
associated concepts: positive law
IV
index
absolute (conclusive), actual, affirmative, authentic, axiomatic, categorical, certain (fixed), clear (certain), conclusive (determinative), convincing, decisive, definite, demonstrable, distinct (clear), dogmatic, explicit, express, incontrovertible, indubious, inexorable, irrefutable, obdurate, peremptory (absolute), pure, resounding, secure (confident), stark, strict, substantive, tangible, undisputed, unequivocal, unmistakable, unrefutable, well-grounded
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006