negatory
Expressing a refusal
Negatory is a playful or emphatic way of saying no, borrowed from military and aviation radio communication where it signals a negative response.
It carries a slightly jokey tone in civilian use, often imitating pilot-speak or CB radio: That's a negatory, good buddy.
The word functions as an interjection or adjective meaning negative or in the negative.
Opposite of yes
- nayNegative vote
- refusalAct of declining
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
rebuttal · disavowal · repudiation · invalidation · refutation · naysaying · counterstatement · dissent
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- rogerRadio acknowledgment term
- affirmativeExpressing agreement or consent
- copyIdentical reproduction made
- overAbove or exceeding
ten-four · walkie-talkie · CB · transmission · dispatch · acknowledge · confirm · military
no
Opposite of yes
contradiction · rebuttal · disavowal · repudiation · invalidation · refutation · naysaying · counterstatement · dissent · disproof
radio
Electromagnetic wave receiver
- rogerRadio acknowledgment term
- affirmativeExpressing agreement or consent
- copyIdentical reproduction made
over · ten-four · walkie-talkie · CB · transmission · dispatch · acknowledge · confirm · military · pilot
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- Nonexistencenothing, nothingness, nonexistence, void, null
negatoryaffirmative
Expressing agreement or consent
roger · yes · affirmatory · roger that · copy that
negative, negate, renegade, renege, negation, negativity, negatively, negating, abnegate