Competitive
Competitive adjective - Involving competition or competitiveness.
Usage example: competitive games
Combative is a synonym for competitive in ambitious topic. In some cases you can use "Combative" instead an adjective "Competitive", when it comes to topics like willing to oppose.
Combative
Combative adjective - Striving to overcome in argument.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- pushy and competitive
- pushy and combative
- ambitious and competitive
- ambitious and combative
- fierce and competitive
- fierce and combative
- unfriendly and competitive
- unfriendly and combative
- hostile and competitive
- hostile and combative
- antagonistic and competitive
- antagonistic and combative
- bloodthirsty and competitive
- bloodthirsty and combative
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