Check
Negative
Negative noun - A feature of someone or something that creates difficulty for achieving success.
Usage example: the main negative of this job is that I have to get up at 4:30 a.m.
Check and negative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Check" instead the word "Negative" as a verb or a noun.
How words are described
| single | single check | single negative |
| entire | entire check | entire negative |
| big | big check | big negative |
| red | red check | red negative |
| Other adjectives: triple. | ||
Common collocations
| article | check article | negative article |
Both words in one sentence
- Epic Fail: While trying to smooth things over with Odin for provoking a war with the Frost Giants, Blake somehow manages to roll a negative 1 on his Diplomacy check.
- For some unfathomable reason the haggling interface allows the player to offer a negative amount of money when buying items, and before the first patch the Mercantile skill check didn't take into account whether the amount offered was positive or negative.
Source: Game Breaker / The Elder Scrolls -
As such, she frequently needs to come up with explanations for "hunches" and her "gut." In the "Corrigan" arc which closes out the series, she knows for a fact that the gun she found is the murder weapon, and begins to argue the point when the ballistics check comes back negative.
Source: Comicbook / Gotham Central
Cite this Source
Negative and Check. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/negative
Check & Negative. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/negative>.
Negative or Check. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/check/negative.
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