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- pronunciation:
gre
sihv
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
characterized by hostility in action.
The small nation could not defend itself against its aggressive neighbor.When he became aggressive toward teachers, he was finally expelled from school.- synonyms:
- belligerent, hostile, militant, offensive, warlike
- antonyms:
- mild, peaceful
- similar words:
- bellicose, combative, contentious, martial, pugnacious, tough
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| definition 2: |
extremely forceful or assertive.
The more aggressive fans pushed through the crowd to get a glimpse of their idol.We need to take aggressive measures to combat this problem.- synonyms:
- assertive, bumptious, forceful, insistent, obtrusive, pushing, pushy
- antonyms:
- meek
- similar words:
- belligerent, bold, forward, intrusive, invasive, peremptory, trenchant
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| related words: |
competitive, enterprising, hostile, offensive, presumptuous, repellent, rough, turbulent, vigorous |
| contrasting words: |
passive |
adverb + (adj.)aggressive
extremely, highly, increasingly, inherently, less, more, overly, physically, sexually, verbally
(adj.)aggressive
+ noun
accounting,
action,
adolescent,
advertising,
advocate,
agenda,
approach,
attitude,
behavior,
behaviour,
bullying,
campaign,
cancer,
chemotherapy,
climate,
clip,
competitor,
criminal,
driving,
enforcement,
entrepreneur,
expansion,
fund,
fund-raising,
growth,
impulse,
instinct,
interrogation,
intervention,
investor,
lobbying,
male,
manner,
marketing,
move,
nationalism,
outreach,
oversight,
panhandler,
peer,
policy,
pornography,
portfolio,
posture,
pricing,
promotion,
prosecution,
pursuit,
push,
questioning,
recruiting,
recruitment,
reporting,
rider,
scheme,
skier,
sport,
stance,
stimulus,
strategy,
style,
tactic,
tendency,
therapy,
treatment,
tumor,
youth
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| derivations: |
aggressively (adv.), aggressiveness (n.) |
The word aggressive
contains the following parts:
ag-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
The prefix ag-
occurs in Latin loanwords. It is an assimilated form of ad- used before roots beginning with "g." See ad-.
Example words:
gress
Latin
root
that means to walk, go
Example words:
aggress, aggression, aggressive, congress, digress, digression, egress, ingress, progress, progression, regress, retrogress, transgress, transgression
-ive, -ative
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means tending to, connected with, or performing
More about this word part:
The suffix -ive
, -ative
turns Latinate verb bases into adjectives. Many adjectives ending in -ive
, -ative
have corresponding noun forms ending in -ity (objective
, objectivity) or -ion (effusive
, effusion).
Example words:
abrasive, abusive, accumulative, activate, active, actively, activist, administrative, affirmative, aggressive, alternative, attractive, captive, cognitive, combative, conclusive, curative, cursive, dative, derisive, divisive, effusive, emotive, exclusive, expensive, figurative, fixative, formative, fricative, fugitive, imperative, incisive, inclusive, infinitive, interactive, laxative, native, normative, objective, permissive, productive, protective, quantitative, relative, restive, subjective
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