About The Word Aggressive
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Aggressive Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Aggressive?
[adj] having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"
[adj] marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative; "an aggressive young exective"; "a pushful insurance agent"; "a pushing youth intent on getting on in the world" [adj] characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [adj] tending to spread quickly; "an aggressive tumor" Synonyms | Synonyms for Aggressive: ambitious | assertive | battleful | bellicose | belligerent | combative | competitive | contentious | enterprising | fast-growing(a) | hard-hitting | high-pressure | hostile | invasive | militant | obstreperous | predatory | pugnacious | pushful | pushing | pushy | rapacious | raptorial | ravening | rough | scrappy | self-asserting | self-assertive | truculent | vulturine | vulturous Related Terms | Find terms related to Aggressive: abrupt | active | acute | adventuresome | adventurous | ambitious | animated | antagonistic | assertive | battling | bearish | beastly | bellicose | belligerent | bickering | bloodthirsty | bloody | bloody-minded | bluff | blunt | bold | brash | brisk | brusque | cavalier | chauvinist | chauvinistic | churlish | combative | contentious | crusty | curt | disputatious | divisive | domineering | driving | dynamic | enemy | energetic | enterprising | enthusiastic | eristic | factional | factious | ferocious | fierce | fighting | forceful | forcible | forward | full of fight | full of pep | go-ahead | go-go | gruff | hard-hitting | harsh | hawkish | hearty | hostile | hustling | imperious | impetuous | incisive | inimical | intense | irascible | irritable | jingo | jingoish | jingoist | jingoistic | keen | kinetic | litigious | lively | living | lusty | martial | masterful | mettlesome | militant | militaristic | military | offensive | on the offensive | partisan | peppy | polarizing | polemic | pugnacious | pushful | pushing | pushy | quarrelsome | robust | rough | saber-rattling | sanguinary | sanguineous | savage | scrappy | self-assertive | severe | sharp | short | shrewish | smacking | snappy | snippy | soldierlike | soldierly | spanking | spirited | strenuous | strong | surly | take-charge | take-over | tough | trenchant | trigger-happy | truculent | unfriendly | unpacific | unpeaceable | unpeaceful | up-and-coming | venturesome | venturous | vibrant | vigorous | vivacious | vivid | warlike | warmongering | warring | wrangling | zestful | zesty | zippy See Also | offensive Aggressive In Webster's Dictionary \Ag*gres"sive\, a. [Cf. F. agressif.]
Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression;
making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive
policy, war, person, nation. -- {Ag*gres"sive*ly}, adv. --
{Ag*gres"sive*ness}, n.
No aggressive movement was made. --Macaulay.
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