Antonyms 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"

   Antonyms:
   noncompetitive, unaggressive, nonaggressive, unargumentative

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

2. agonistic, agonistical, combativeadjective

   striving to overcome in argument

   "a dialectical and agonistic approach"

   Antonyms:
   noncompetitive, unaggressive, unargumentative, nonaggressive

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

3. battleful, bellicose, combativeadjective

   having or showing a ready disposition to fight

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

   Antonyms:
   unaggressive, unargumentative, noncompetitive, nonaggressive

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

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1. combativeadjective

   Synonyms:
   pugnacious, contentious, bellicose, belligerent

How to use combative in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Terry Madonna:

   Hillary is not known for debates, she does much better in small groups, she does not do well in big arenas, she is not compelling. Right now she is pursuing the front-runner strategy, in that she can be hurt more by a primary process that gets combative in debates. So she speaks more to selective audiences.

3. Douglas Keith:

   Justice Sotomayor was attacked for her temperament. Conservatives asked,' Is she too combative ? Is she smart enough ?' All of these thinly veiled attacks on her because of what they saw as identity politics, today, she stands out on the court as the justice most likely to speak up about the impact of the court's decisions on people's lives.

4. Brandi Glanville:

   'Beverly Hills Housewives' will always be a part of my life, she said. It’s like you are grandfathered in... but it has been nice to have a break [from] not always having to strategize and think about what is going to happen next and who is going to come at you. Like constantly being combative with other people, it’s just not healthy or fun.

5. 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.

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