Thesaurus:combative

Thesaurus

combative

English

Adjective

Sense: given to fighting; disposed to engage in combat

Synonyms

• aggressive
• antagonistic
• assaultive
• bellicose
• belligerent
• combative
• martial
• militaristic
• philopolemic
• philopolemical
• pugnacious
• quarrelsome    [⇒ thesaurus]
• truculent
• warlike

Antonyms

• calm    [⇒ thesaurus]
• conflict-free
• dovish
• nonaggressive
• nonbellicose
• nonbelligerent
• noncombative
• nonmartial
• nonmilitaristic
• nonviolent
• pacific
• passive
• peaceful
• unaggressive
• unbellicose
• unbelligerent
• uncombative
• unjingoistic
• unmilitaristic
• unwarlike

Hyponyms

• bloodthirsty
• hawkish
• jingoistic

Hypernyms

• enthusiastic    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hostile    [⇒ thesaurus]
• passionate

See also

• fight    [⇒ thesaurus]
• irritable    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strife

Further reading

• “720. contention” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “combative” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.