Meaning

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

    an aggressive policy, war, person, nation

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

    Tends to attack the player while unprovoked.

    Zombies are aggressive once you are near them.

    aggressiv, angriffslustig

    агресси́вныйagressívnyj, вои́нственныйvoínstvennyj

    агреси́внийahresývnyj, войовни́чийvojovnýčyj, войови́тийvojovýtyj

  3. (especially)Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.

  4. Of a tumor or disease, that spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.

  5. Involving high risk for potentially high reward.

    an aggressive stock; an aggressive portfolio

  6. (US)Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:aggressive.

More definitions
  • having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends
  • characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  • tending to spread quickly

Examples

419 sentences
  1. Tom is pretty aggressive, isn't he?

    Том доволі агресивний, так? — deniko

    deTom ist ziemlich aggressiv, nicht wahr? — wolfgangth

  2. You've got to be more aggressive.

    Ти повинен бути більш агресивним. — triantafillou

    ruТебе надо быть более напористым. — Karok

  3. We needed to be more aggressive.

    Ми повинні були бути більш агресивними. — deniko

  4. I know that Tom is aggressive.

    Я знаю, що Том агресивний. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что Том агрессивен. — marafon

  5. We need an aggressive plan of action.

    Нам потрібний агресивний план дій. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tending or disposed to aggress:
Русский
By meaning 1
tending or disposed to aggress:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tending or disposed to aggress:

Forms

more aggressive, most aggressive
Comparativemore aggressive Lesson
Superlativemost aggressive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

20 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • be more aggressive
  • more aggressive
  • is very aggressive
  • an an aggressive
  • to be aggressive
  • aggressive enough

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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