Thesaurus:combative

Thesaurus:combative

THESAURUS

combative

English

Synonyms

• aggressive

• antagonistic

• bellicose

• belligerent

• combative

• martial

• militaristic

• philopolemic

• philopolemical

• pugnacious

• quarrelsome    [WS]

• truculent

• warlike

Antonyms

• calm    [WS]

• dovish

• nonaggressive

• nonbellicose

• nonbelligerent

• noncombative

• nonmartial

• nonmilitaristic

• nonviolent

• pacific

• passive

• peaceful

• unaggressive

• unbellicose

• unbelligerent

• uncombative

• unjingoistic

• unmilitaristic

• unwarlike

Hyponyms

• bloodthirsty

• hawkish

• jingoistic

Hypernyms

• enthusiastic    [WS]

• hostile    [WS]

• passionate

See also

• fight    [WS]

• irritable    [WS]

• strife

Further reading

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