Antonyms for aggressive

Antonyms for (adj) aggressive

Main entry: aggressive

Definition: having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends

Usage: an aggressive businessman; an aggressive basketball player; he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions; aggressive drivers

Antonyms: unaggressive, nonaggressive

Definition: not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness


Antonyms: friendly

Definition: troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces


Antonyms: friendly

Definition: of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally


Antonyms: amicable

Definition: characterized by friendship and good will


Antonyms: smooth

Definition: having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities


Antonyms: smooth

Definition: of motion that runs or flows or proceeds without jolts or turbulence


Antonyms: smooth

Definition: of the margin of a leaf shape; not broken up into teeth


Antonyms: noncompetitive

Definition: not involving competition or competitiveness


Main entry: aggressive, belligerent

Definition: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

Usage: aggressive acts against another country; a belligerent tone

Antonyms: friendly

Definition: troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces


Antonyms: friendly

Definition: of or belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally


Antonyms: amicable

Definition: characterized by friendship and good will


Main entry: fast-growing, strong-growing, aggressive

Definition: tending to spread quickly

Usage: an aggressive tumor

Antonyms: confined

Definition: not invading healthy tissue


Antonyms: noninvasive

Definition: relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity


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