Words and phrases that have a meaning related to combative: (120 results)
Often used in the same context:
confrontational, pugnacious, belligerent, argumentative, abrasive, feisty, brusque, testy, talkative, brash, jovial, forceful, prickly, agitated, jocular, tetchy, truculent, antagonistic, defiant, loquacious, adversarial, conciliatory, fractious, voluble, gregarious, bombastic, garrulous, irascible, fiery, flamboyant, uncooperative, assertive, accusatory, cantankerous, outspoken, forthright, boisterous, contentious, excitable, businesslike, effusive, cagey, rumbustious, bellicose, pugilistic, strident, temperamental, affable, rancorous, aggressive, taciturn, vitriolic, easygoing, petulant, deferential, acrimonious, acerbic, demonstrative, collegial, belligerant, timid, evasive, genial, tense, obstinate, amiable, loose cannon, obstreperous, unstatesmanlike, opinionated, tempestuous, ornery, rambunctious, intemperate, brusk, divisive, verbose, caustic, phlegmatic, tenacious, ebullient, arrogant, intransigent, gruff, blunt, unflappable, cordial, unruly, irritable, disputatious, snappish, dogmatic, cocky, uncompromising, gentlemanly, plainspoken, ferocious, quarrelsome, diffident, raucous, extrovert, chatty, asocial, anarchic, unsocial, vacillating, extroverted, secretive, acquisitive, amoral, apolitical, domineering, duplicitous, extraverted, impulsive
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Also try:agonistic, agonistical, battleful, competitive, competitory
— Nouns for combative: spirit, nature, instinct, behavior, instincts, style, attitude, stance, mood, patient, tone, more...
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