Aggressive

Quick meaning: Aggressive is an adjective meaning Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.

Meaning

Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing.

More Meanings

1. (especially programming, of a method or process) Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
2. (pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
3. (finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward.
4. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch.
5. One who is aggressive.
6. (US, LGBTQ, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.

Example Sentences

an aggressive policy, war, person, nation

This paper describes how aggressive loop unrolling is done in a retargetable optimizing compiler.

This sensibly eases the programmer task and allows for more aggressive optimisations of the global program structure.

When a new aggressive fish is added to an aquarium with an already-established, territorial fish, the established fish will probably fight to protect its territory (the whole tank).

Word Forms

• aggressives

Synonyms for aggressive

Depending on context, synonyms include bare-knuckle, belligerent, rapacious, contentious, truculent, assertive.

Antonyms for aggressive

Common opposites include passive, unaggressive, nonaggressive.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pugnacious, combative, pushful, invasive, battleful, contentious.

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