'Combative' definitions:
Definition of 'combative'
From: WordNet
adjective
Inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit" [syn: contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigious]
adjective
Striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach" [syn: agonistic, agonistical, combative]
adjective
Definition of 'Combative'
From: GCIDE
- Combative \Com"bat*ive\ (? or ?), a. Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'combative'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- argumental,
- argumentative,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bickering,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- contentious,
- controversial,
- dialectic,
- disputatious,
- divisive,
- enemy,
- energetic,
- eristic,
- factional,
- factious,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- full of fight,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- ill-humored,
- inimical,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- litigious,
- logomachic,
- manful,
- manly,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- on the offensive,
- partisan,
- pilpulistic,
- polarizing,
- polemic,
- pro and con,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- shrewish,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- strenuous,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- vigorous,
- virile,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- wrangling
Words containing 'Combative'
- Combat,
- Combatable,
- Combatant,
- Combated,
- Combater,
- Combating,
- Combativeness,
- combatively,
- Single combat,
- armed combat,
- combat area,
- combat boot,
- combat casualty,
- combat ceiling,
- combat fatigue,
- combat injury,
- combat intelligence,
- combat mission,
- combat neurosis,
- combat pay,
- combat pilot,
- combat ship,
- combat zone,
- Hors de combat,
- air combat command,
- armored combat vehicle,
- armoured combat vehicle,
- combat-ready,
- salafast group for call and combat,
- disabled hors de combat out of action