Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
Not negative or neutral.
Stated definitively and without qualification.
Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
Optimistic.
Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
Overconfident, dogmatic.
Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
Of number, greater than zero.
Having more protons than electrons.
HIV positive.
Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
Formally laid down.
Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
electropositive
Fully assured in opinion.
Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
A positive result of a test.
An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
A favourable point or characteristic.
A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
Of or pertaining to a substantive.
Constituting the substance of content rather than its style, and thus always nontrivial.
actually and legally held, as distinct from an acting, temporary or honorary rank or appointment
Having substance; enduring; solid; firm; substantial.
of the essence or essential element of a thing.
applying to essential legal principles and rules of right.
Depending on itself; independent.
of a dye that does not need the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed
Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
to make a word belonging to another part of speech into a substantive (that is, a noun) or use it as a noun