aggressive
Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.
Other meanings
Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
Of a tumor or disease, that spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
Synonyms
- fast-growing
- strong-growing
Antonyms
- passive
Related words
- deaggressivization
- aggressivism
- aggressivist
- alloaggressive
- antiaggressive
- autoaggressive
- overaggressive
- superaggressive
- unaggressive
- aggressively
- aggressiveness
- aggressivity
Example sentences
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “aggressive” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.