Synonyms 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"

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

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

3. affirmative, optimisticadjective

   expecting the best

   "an affirmative outlook"

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

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

4. approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausiveadjective

   expressing or manifesting praise or approval

   "approbative criticism"; "an affirmative nod"

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

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

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1. affirmativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   that affirms

2. affirmativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   INDICATIVE

3. affirmativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   (Alg.) positive, not negative

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1. affirmativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   confirmative, ratifying, approving

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1. List of paraphrases for "affirmative":

   positive, palliative, corrective, yes, -affirmative, preferential

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1. Sherrilyn Ifill:

   There is a huge divide that exists between us, our country remains deeply segregated and we need not only provisions of the Fair Housing Act to be intact, but we need aggressive, and affirmative enforcement of the act by the federal government and by state jurisdictions.

2. Keith Ellison:

   However, Ellison’s past associations and commentsmay trouble more moderate voters. Ellison’s 2006 run for Keith Ellison seat was plunged into controversy after the conservative PowerLineBlog.com found he had once identified with Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam and in 1998 was referring to himself as Keith X Ellison and Keith Ellison-Muhammed. The Washington Post reported that Keith Ellison had defended Farrakhan against accusations of anti-Semitism in 1989 and in 1990 had called affirmative action a sneaky form of compensation for slavery, calling instead for reparations. When the controversy erupted in 2006, Keith Ellison acknowledged Keith Ellison had worked with the group, but only for 18 months to help organize Farrakhan's 1995 Million Man March. Keith Ellison distanced Keith Ellison from both Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, and said Keith Ellison had n’t scruitinized the group's anti-Semitic positions appropriately. They were and are anti-Semitic, and I should have come to that conclusion earlier than I did, Keith Ellison said. Yet it is n’t the only controversy for Keith Ellison. In 2007, Keith Ellison made a comparison between Bush and 9/11 to Hitler and the 1933 Reichstag fire. 9/11 is the juggernaut in American history and it allows... it's almost like, you know, the Reichstag fire, after the Reichstag was burned, they blamed the Communists for it, and it put the leader of that country [ Hitler ] in a position where he could basically have authority to do whatever he wanted. He later clarified that he did indeed believe that Usama bin Laden was responsible for the terror attacks. But it was n’t the only controversy for Ellison in 2007, as he also backed a movement to impeach then-Vice President Dick Cheney over his alleged fabrication of intelligence about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. However, Brad Bannon believes that Ellison’s Muslim heritage could be a boost not a burden, especially in light of Trump’s elevation Sunday of controversial Breitbart boss Steve Bannon to chief strategist.

3. William Wilmoth:

   These guys have every right to have off-center political views, but when they made affirmative steps to blow up an actual federal facility... we thought it was an important place for us to go and prosecute.

4. Richard Neal:

   It strikes me that we've been at this for months -- you've witnessed the meetings -- and I hope that maybe one or two more meetings and we'll have an affirmative position.

5. 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.