noun
1. the character of the positive electric pole
• Syn: ↑positiveness
• Ant: ↑negativeness (for: ↑positiveness), ↑negativity
2. a quality or state characterized by certainty or acceptance or affirmation and dogmatic assertiveness
• Syn: ↑positiveness, ↑positivism
• Ant: ↑negativeness (for: ↑positiveness), ↑negativity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑positive (for: ↑positiveness), ↑positive
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Hyponyms: ↑assertiveness, ↑self-assertiveness
3. the quality of being encouraging or promising of a successful outcome
• Syn: ↑favorableness, ↑favourableness, ↑advantageousness, ↑positiveness, ↑profitableness
• Ant: ↑unfavorableness (for: ↑favorableness)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑advantageous (for: ↑profitableness), ↑advantageous (for: ↑advantageousness), ↑favourable (for: ↑favourableness), ↑favorable (for: ↑favorableness)
• Hyponyms: ↑auspiciousness, ↑propitiousness
4. the quality of being undeniable and not worth arguing about
• Syn: ↑incontrovertibility, ↑incontrovertibleness, ↑positiveness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑positive, ↑incontrovertible (for: ↑incontrovertibleness), ↑incontrovertible (for: ↑incontrovertibility)
• Hypernyms: ↑indisputability, ↑indubitability, ↑unquestionability, ↑unquestionableness
5. an amount greater than zero
• Syn: ↑positiveness
• Ant: ↑negativeness (for: ↑positiveness), ↑negativity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑positive
• Hypernyms: ↑amount
Useful english dictionary. 2012.