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| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent, hostile |
| Synonyms: | antipathetic, barbaric, bellicose, combative, contentious, destructive, disruptive, disturbing, intrusive, martial, militant, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rapacious, threatening, warlike, advancing, assailing, attacking, encroaching, hawkish, intruding, invading |
| Antonyms: | calm, laid-back, easy-going |
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assertive |
| Synonyms: | bold, brassy*, cheeky*, cocky*, come on*, domineering, dynamic, energetic, enterprising, flip*, forceful, fresh*, hard sell, imperious, masterful, militant, nervy*, pushing, pushy, sassy, smart*, strenuous, tough, vigorous, zealous, assertory, get up and go, go after, shooting from the hip, smart alecky |
| Antonyms: | complaisant, laid-back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | belligerent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, argumentative |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, ardent, bellicose, cantankerous, combative, contentious, fierce, fighting, flip, hostile, hot, hot-tempered, mean, militant, ornery, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent, warlike, at loggerheads, battling, have a bone to pick, have chip on shoulder, have it in for, on the outs, scrappy |
| Notes: | bellicose orients 'prone to fighting' toward an individual while belligerent refers to an organized body, a national or political entity - a person is bellicose, a nation is belligerent |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, helping, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | competitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to oppose |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, combative, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog*, killer*, opposing, rival, at odds, competing, emulous, killer instinct, streetwise, vying |
| Antonyms: | noncompetitive, unambitious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, disregardful |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, audacious, bold, contumacious, daring, gutsy*, insolent, insubordinate, mutinous, obstinate, provocative, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, resistant, sassy*, truculent, challenging, insubmissive, resistive |
| Antonyms: | obedient, respectful, submissive, acquiescent, submitting, subordinating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dog-eat-dog |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | viciously competitive |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, brutal, competitive, cutthroat, fierce, merciless, ruthless, unmerciful, vicious, voracious, every person for themselves, without mercy |
| Main Entry: | dynamic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | active, vital |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, changing, charismatic, compelling, driving, effective, electric, energetic, enterprising, forceful, forcible, go-ahead*, influential, intense, lively, lusty, magnetic, peppy*, potent, powerful, productive, progressive, strenuous, vehement, vigorous, zippy*, activating, coming on strong, energizing, go-getter, go-getting, highpowered, hyped-up, play for keeps, play hard ball, red-blooded*, vitalizing |
| Antonyms: | apathetic, boring, dull, inactive, passive, unexciting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | energetic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of life; forceful |
| Synonyms: | active, aggressive, animated, breezy, brisk, driving, dynamic, enterprising, forcible, fresh, hardy, high-powered, indefatigable, industrious, lively, lusty, peppy, potent, powerful, rugged, snappy, spirited, sprightly, spry, stalwart, strenuous, strong, sturdy, tireless, tough, unflagging, untiring, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy*, ball of fire, demoniac, kinetic, red-blooded* |
| Antonyms: | idle, inactive, lazy, lethargic, lifeless, slow, sluggish, tired |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | enterprising |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | resourceful, energetic |
| Synonyms: | active, adventurous, aggressive, alert, ambitious, aspiring, audacious, bold, busy, craving, daring, dashing, diligent, driving, eager, enthusiastic, go-ahead*, hardworking, hungry, hustling, industrious, intrepid, keen, lively, peppy, progressive, pushing, ready, snappy, spanking, spark plug, spirited, stirring, up-and-coming*, venturesome, vigorous, yearning, zealous, zippy*, advancing, coming on strong, go-go, gumptious, hard ball, itching, lusting, self-starting, take-over |
| Antonyms: | inactive, passive, unimaginative, unadventurous, unambitious, unenthused, unresourceful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gung ho |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | full of enthusiasm |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, anxious, ardent, dedicated, eager, energetic, enthused, enthusiastic, excited, fanatical, intense, lively, passionate, spirited, zealous, banzai, can-do, extremely enthusiastic, fired up, fired up, keyed up, proactive, take-charge |
| Main Entry: | intimidating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | threatening |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, bullying, frightening, terrifying, pressuring, terrorizing |
| Main Entry: | macho |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | masculine |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, cocky, courageous, manly, potent, virile, manful, ultramasculine |
| Main Entry: | martial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having to do with armed hostilities |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, hostile, military, pugnacious, warlike, soldierly |
| Antonyms: | civil, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | military |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soldierlike; concerning the armed forces |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, warlike, militaristic, noncivil, soldierly, warmongering |
| Antonyms: | civilian |
| Main Entry: | precocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exceptionally smart, ahead of age in understanding |
| Synonyms: | advanced, aggressive, ahead of time, beforehand, bold, brassy*, bright, cheeky*, cocky*, developed, early, flip*, flippant, forward, fresh, intelligent, mature, nervy, premature, presumptuous, pushy, quick, sassy*, smart-alecky |
| Antonyms: | stupid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pugnacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, cantankerous, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy*, quarrelsome, rebellious, salty*, self-assertive, truculent, warlike, brawling, chip on shoulder, have a bone to pick, itching to fight, ready to fight, scrappy |
| Antonyms: | kind, laid-back, nice, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rampant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled, out of hand |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, boisterous, clamorous, dominant, epidemic, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, fanatical, flagrant, furious, growing, impetuous, impulsive, luxuriant, out of control, outrageous, predominant, prevalent, profuse, raging, rank, rife, riotous, spreading, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrestrained, unruly, vehement, violent, wanton, widespread, wild, blustering, exceeding bounds, on the rampage, pandemic, rampaging |
| Antonyms: | limited, restrained, checked, controlled |
| Main Entry: | resourceful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imaginative |
| Synonyms: | able, active, adventurous, aggressive, bright, capable, clever, creative, enterprising, ingenious, intelligent, inventive, original, quick-witted, sharp, talented, venturesome |
| Antonyms: | dull, unimaginative, uncreative, unresourceful |
| Main Entry: | threatening |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | menacing, ominous |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, alarming, apocalyptic, at hand, baleful, baneful, black, bullying, close, dangerous, dire, fateful, forthcoming, grim, ill-boding, imminent, impending, inauspicious, looming, lowering, near, portentous, sinister, ugly, unlucky, unpropitious, unsafe, upcoming, warning, cautionary, comminatory, impendent, intimidatory, loury, lowery, minacious, minatory, overhanging, portending, scowling, terrorizing |
| Antonyms: | nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | truculent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent, hateful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered, barbarous, bellicose, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, cross, defiant, ferocious, fierce, frightening, harsh, hostile, inhuman, intimidating, invective, mean, militant, mordant, obstreperous, opprobrious, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rude, savage, scathing, scurrilous, sharp, sullen, terrifying, trenchant, violent, browbeating, contumelious, cowing, inhumane, mordacious, scrappy, terrorizing, vituperative, vituperous |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, gentle, mild, nice, tame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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