Synonyms for combative
kəmˈbæt ɪvcom·bat·ive

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1. contentious, combative, disputatious, disputative, litigiousadjective

   inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits

   "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

   Synonyms:
   bellicose, agonistic, battleful, agonistical, litigious, disputative, disputatious, contentious

   Antonyms:
   noncompetitive, unaggressive, nonaggressive, unargumentative

2. agonistic, agonistical, combativeadjective

   striving to overcome in argument

   "a dialectical and agonistic approach"

   Synonyms:
   strained, bellicose, agonistic, battleful, agonistical, litigious, disputative, disputatious, contentious

   Antonyms:
   noncompetitive, unaggressive, unargumentative, nonaggressive

3. battleful, bellicose, combativeadjective

   having or showing a ready disposition to fight

   "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"

   Synonyms:
   agonistical, agonistic, battleful, bellicose, litigious, disputative, disputatious, contentious

   Antonyms:
   unaggressive, unargumentative, noncompetitive, nonaggressive

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1. combativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   pugnacious, contentious, bellicose, belligerent

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1. List of paraphrases for "combative":

   scrappy

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How to use combative in a sentence?

1. San Diego.Now Chesebro:

   All I'm doing is showing them their data, it's not really combative. It's demonstrative.

2. Abbey Collins:

   We rolled out a new low dollar campaign to reach a wide variety of supporters and as part of that effort reached out to our network, just as Ms. Nixon’s campaign has dozens of contributions from her staff and their family members, as the latest filing and poll numbers show, Cynthia’s campaign is on life support, which is why her lines are getting increasingly more combative and desperate.

3. Parlow Cone:

   I loved the combative nature of it, i was fearless.

4. The FAA:

   When a second flight attendant instructed the passenger to wear his mask over his nose and mouth, he became combative and used offensive language.

5. Joe Funk:

   They just lose control, they will be combative and violent, just cussing you out. And after they come of it, they don't realize what they did.