Antonyms for affirmative

Antonyms of noun affirmative

1 sense of affirmative

Sense 1:

affirmative
Antonym of negative (Sense 1)
=>negative

Antonyms of adj affirmative

3 senses of affirmative

Sense 1:

affirmative (vs. negative), affirmatory

negative (vs. affirmative)
dissentient, dissenting(prenominal), dissident

Sense 2:

affirmative, optimistic

INDIRECT (VIA neutral, positive) -> negative
INDIRECT (VIA positive, negative) -> neutral

Sense 3:

approving, affirmative, approbative, approbatory, plausive

INDIRECT (VIA favorable) -> unfavorable, unfavourable