aggressive (a)

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type a
lex_filenum 00
def having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
def "he was aggressive and imperious
def positive in his convictions"
examples an aggressive businessman
an aggressive basketball player
aggressive drivers
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Also see assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive; hostile; offensive
Derivationally related form aggressive → aggressiveness
Antonym aggressive → unaggressive
Similar to battleful, bellicose, combative; competitive, militant; hard-hitting, high-pressure; hostile; in-your-face; obstreperous; predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous; pugnacious, rough; scrappy; truculent
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Similar to battleful, bellicose, combative; competitive, militant; hard-hitting, high-pressure; hostile; in-your-face; obstreperous; predatory, rapacious, raptorial, ravening, vulturine, vulturous; pugnacious, rough; scrappy; truculent
Antonym unaggressive → aggressive
Also see assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive; hostile; offensive
Derived from adjective aggressively → aggressive
Derivationally related form aggressiveness → aggressive

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