Synonyms Dictionary
3. state, situation, condition, status, mode; way, circumstance, light; lot, portion; predicament, plight, pinch, pass, SI. hole, SI. jam, SI. fix, impasse, imbroglio.
4. upperhand, edge, odds, leverage; hold, whip hand, purchase, grasp; advantage, influence, primacy, sway; domination, dominion, mastery, supremacy, superiority.
5. status, standing, rank, step, rung, footing; degree, grade, gradation, cla$s, caste; stage, level, ground, plane.
6. consequence, circumstance, condition, means; prominence, elevation, eminence, importance, distinction, estimation, esteem; repute, reputation, name, character, prestige, dignity, honor, izzat.
7. post, job, situation, function, office; duty, role, place, berth, billet, slot; appointment, assignment, commission, sinecure; occupation, livelihood, business.
8. posture, stance, pose, attitude, air; set, stand, bearing, poise, port, pressure; mien, face, cast.
9. stand, attitude, point of view, viewpoint, disposition, way of looking at things; bent, leaning, inclination, proclivity; angle, slant, respect, outlook; feeling, sentiment, way of thinking, opinion.
10. proposition, postulate, hypothesis, thesis; predication, contention, assertion, dictum; doctrine, principle, belief; conception, idea, estimation, notion, mind, thought.
-v. 11. place, put, arrange, pose, set, dispose, form; order, distribute, array, organize; range, line up, align, file, space, put into shape; Inf. skidshoot, Inf cantdog; size, group, marshal, collocate; center, localize, put one's finger on, hit, pinpoint.
12. locate, situate, establish, set, base, ensconce; settle, place, seat, assign, collocate; set down, lay down, park; consign, localize, post, station. positive, adj. 1. definite, categorical, unequivocal, precise; clear, sure, certain, sound; stipulated, expressed, stated.
2. incontrovertible, indisputable, incontestable, unquestionable; inappealable, undeniable, unanswerable; unmistakable, indubitable, unambiguous; conclusive, undisputed, unquestioned, unqualified; inescapable, irrefutable, irrefragable; reliable, unerring, authoritative.
3. emphatic, definitive, forceful; explicit, peremptory, decided, stressed; accented, underlined, underscored, italicized, in red letters; express, plain, evident, graphic.
4. confident, sure, assured, certain; secure, decided, fixed, undoubting, believing, credulous; questionless, convinced, satisfied, SI. sold, persuaded.
5. overconfident, self-assured, Inf. cocksure, overbearing, overweening; dogmatic, pontifical,, doctrinaire; arbitrary, dictatorial, despotic; opinionated, arrogant, assertive; imperious, unchangeable, obdurate, immovable; unfaltering, unwavering, determined.
6. absoute, real, veritable; actual, factual, de facto; genuine, true, authentic, SI. for real; substantial, solid, touchable.
7. practical, pragmatical, matter-of-fact, realistic; utilitarian, serviceable, functional, operative; untheo-retical, unspeculative.
8. optimistic, hopeful, promising, sunny, inspiriting, heartening; cheering, comforting, looking up, encouraging.
9. auspicious, favorable, propitious, promising; progressive, constructive, conducive; beneficial, contributory, salutary, profitable, good.
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