aggressive

About 15.41 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective 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. adjective Tends to attack the player while unprovoked.

   Zombies are aggressive once you are near them.

3. adjective Exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
4. adjective Of a tumor or disease, that spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
5. adjective Involving high risk for potentially high reward.

   an aggressive stock; an aggressive portfolio

6. adjective Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation; butch.
7. noun One who is aggressive.
8. noun A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.

Similar words

pugnacious combative pushful invasive battleful contentious pushy obstreperous competitive scrappy

Often followed by

and behavior in or behaviour war than policy action

Word family

aggressively aggressiveness aggressivenesses aggressivities aggressivity