Definitions For Negative

noun

  • A piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
  • A reply of denial

verb

  • Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent
  • Something that is harmful or bad
  • A word or statement that means “no” or that expresses a denial or refusal
  • An image on film that is used to make a printed photograph and that has light areas where the photograph will be dark and dark areas where the photograph will be light ; also : the film that has such an image

adjective

  • Involving disadvantage or harm
  • Having a negative charge
  • Designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions
  • Having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant
  • Less than zero

adjective

  • Expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial
  • Characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features
  • Reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive
  • Not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition

Is Negatives a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
16

The word Negative is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Negative in a Sentence

  • Car exhaust has a negative effect on the environment.
  • The negative effects of the drug
  • The feedback about the new product was all negative.
  • “No” and “not” are negatives.
  • Can I have the negatives to make copies of the photos?
  • Although the rebuttal was very eloquent, the jury negatived it in favor of the prosecution's argument
  • We promptly negatived the idea of having pizza again for dinner, noting that we had already had it for three nights that week

Synonyms for Negative

Antonyms for Negatives

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