affirmative

Meaning

Adj

1. pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
2. pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
3. positive
4. Confirmative; ratifying.
5. Dogmatic.
6. Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
7. positive; not negative

Noun

1. Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
2. An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
3. (obsolete) An assertion.

Intj

1. Yes.
2. (especially) Yes; true; correct.

Opposite of

negative

Synonyms

yes

positive

agreeing

affirmatory

assertive

affirmation

affirming

approbatory

approving

confirmatory

confirming

favorable

optimistic

plus

approbative

plausive

decided

decisive

definite

definitive

aye

final

firm

intensifying

intensive

okay

validatory

verificatory

can-do

substantiating

substantiative

upbeat

validating

confirmation

confirmative

verifying

yea

corroborant

corroborative

corroboratory

Translations

affirmatif

afirmativo

affermativo

afirmativo

bejahend

positif

affirmativ

afirmatiu

bevestigend

affermativa

καταφατικός

positivo

oui

positiv

zustimmend

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈfɜːmətɪv/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: affirmative

In summary

From Middle English affirmative, affirmatyve, from Old French affirmatif, from Latin affirmativus, from affirmare (“to assert”).