Aggressive
Aggressive adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: a kindergarten teacher who discourages aggressive behavior, like pushing, by rewarding those children who wait their turn
Assaultive and aggressive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Assaultive" instead an adjective "Aggressive".
Assaultive
Assaultive adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: with viciously assaultive prose the writer takes on her critics
Aggressive and assaultive are semantically related. You can use "Aggressive" instead an adjective "Assaultive".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- offensive and aggressive
- offensive and assaultive
- assertive and aggressive
- assertive and assaultive
- hostile and aggressive
- hostile and assaultive
- truculent and aggressive
- truculent and assaultive
- quarrelsome and aggressive
- quarrelsome and assaultive
- warlike and aggressive
- warlike and assaultive
- belligerent and aggressive
- belligerent and assaultive
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