Antonyms for affirmative
əˈfɜr mə tɪvaf·fir·ma·tive

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1. affirmativeadjective

   a reply of affirmation

   "he answered in the affirmative"

   Antonyms:
   negative, dissentient, dissenting(a), unfavourable, neutral, dissident, unfavorable

2. affirmative, affirmatoryadjective

   affirming or giving assent

   "an affirmative decision"; "affirmative votes"

   Antonyms:
   negative, dissident, neutral, unfavorable, dissentient, dissenting(a), unfavourable

   Synonyms:
   approving, approbative, approbatory, affirmatory, plausive, optimistic

3. affirmative, optimisticadjective

   expecting the best

   "an affirmative outlook"

   Antonyms:
   negative, unfavourable, dissident, unfavorable, dissentient, dissenting(a), neutral

   Synonyms:
   approving, approbative, approbatory, affirmatory, plausive, optimistic

4. approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausiveadjective

   expressing or manifesting praise or approval

   "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

   Antonyms:
   negative, unfavourable, dissentient, dissident, neutral, dissenting(a), unfavorable

   Synonyms:
   approving, approbatory, plausive, affirmatory, optimistic, approbative

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1. affirmativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   confirmative, ratifying, approving

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1. nuh-uh

   Submitted by acronimous on July 17, 2023  

How to use affirmative in a sentence?

1. The GOP report:

   [Former Acting Deputy Attorney General Richard] Donoghue noted in his testimony that, until this meeting, President Trump did not fully understand the gravity of his advisors’ concerns with Clark’s plan, which were serious enough that they and other senior DOJ leaders had stated they would resign if Clark was made Acting Attorney General and his plan was implemented, president Trump then turned to Donoghue and asked if he would resign if Clark became Acting Attorney General, to which he answered in the affirmative.

2. Matthew Benson:

   I think the data on which the gender-affirmative model is based is not scientific.

3. Roger Wicker:

   The irony is that the Supreme Court is at the very time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota.

4. Bill Daly:

   We will further explore the situation privately before taking any affirmative position on next steps.

5. Brett Giroir:

   The change in mask guidance was based on new information and data, of course, I had some issues back then because we did not know that masks did not work. We just did not have affirmative evidence that they did work, and we needed to conserve masks for health care workers. Fauci should have been upfront with that as well as the rest of the medical leadership on the task force, stating that we do n’t know if they work instead of saying do n’t wear them.

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