aggressive
adjective
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
an aggressive businessman
Related & opposite
- assertive also see
- hostile also see
- offensive also see
- unaggressive antonym
- aggressiveness derivation
- battleful similar to
- militant similar to
- high-pressure similar to
- hostile similar to
- in-your-face similar to
- obstreperous similar to
- rapacious similar to
- pugnacious similar to
- scrappy similar to
- truculent similar to
Sense 2 adjective
tending to spread quickly
an aggressive tumor
Related & opposite
- invasive similar to
Sense 3 adjective
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
aggressive acts against another country
Related & opposite
- pugnacity derivation
- belligerency derivation
- fighter derivation
- aggress derivation
- hostile similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | assertive |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | offensive |
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | unaggressive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggressiveness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | battleful |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | militant |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | high-pressure |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | in-your-face |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | obstreperous |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | rapacious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pugnacious |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | scrappy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | truculent |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | invasive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | pugnacity |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | belligerency |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggress |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | hostile |