COMBATIVE Synonyms

• inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

• involving or likely to cause controversy

• having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

• tending to spread quickly

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• arousing animosity or hostility

• used especially of drugs or muscles that counteract or neutralize each other's effect

• indicating opposition or resistance

• characterized by antagonism or antipathy

• incapable of harmonious association

• given to or characterized by argument

• someone who fights (or is fighting)

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• engaged in war

• requiring full use of your abilities or resources

• stimulating interest or thought

• disturbingly provocative

• of or relating to confrontation

• boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

• showing courage

• quick to take offense

• marked by extreme and violent energy

• marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid

• ruthless in competition

• violently agitated and turbulent

• characterized by enmity or ill will

• not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally

• troops belonging to the enemy's military forces

• impossible to bring into friendly accord

• very unfavorable to life or growth

• unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company (used of attempts to buy or take control of a business)

• a militant reformer

• disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

• showing a fighting disposition

• engaged in war

• tough and callous by virtue of experience

• ready and able to resort to force or violence

• given to quarreling

• full of fighting spirit

• defiantly aggressive

• disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

• suggesting war or military life

• of or relating to the athletic contests held in ancient Greece

• striving to overcome in argument

• struggling for effect

• striving to overcome in argument