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Definition of aggressive : Tending or disposed to aggress; characterized by aggression; making assaults; unjustly attacking; as, an aggressive policy, war, person, nation.

Synonyms:

pushing, hard-hitting, vulturous, obstreperous, rough, intrusive, bold, battleful, enterprising, forceful, dynamic, predatory, warring, peaceful, quarrelsome, attack, strong-growing, antagonistic, destructive, self-asserting, pushful, scrappy, high pressure, raptorial, pugnacious, fast-growing, martial, driving, go-getter, submissive, disruptive, try, vulturine, vigorous, outspoken, hustling, ambitious, threatening, retiring, energetic, war-ridden, contentious, rapacious, self-assertive, competitive, attitude, ravening, invasive

bellicose, truculent, determined, militant, domineering, forward, warlike, offensive, hostile, pushy, assertive, belligerent, combative

assaulting, attacking

Usage examples:

• At that moment Miss Brent looked as if she represented all the aggressive virtues in Christendom. - "Patricia Brent, Spinster", Herbert Jenkins.
• There never lived a more modest, less pretentious, less aggressive man than Mark Twain, but there never lived a man who took a more childlike delight in genuine appreciation; and, being childlike, it was only human that he should wish those nearest to him to share his happiness. - "Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete The Personal And Literary Life Of Samuel Langhorne Clemens", Albert Bigelow Paine Last Updated: February 20, 2009.
• Yet it was not an aggressive confidence, but rather a calm that sprang from pride- the right kind of pride. - "The Girl From Keller's Sadie's Conquest", Harold Bindloss.