Entry Word: aggressive

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal <if you donʼt take a more aggressive approach to this yard pretty soon, the weeds are going to take over completely>

Synonyms ambitious, assertive, enterprising, fierce, go-getting, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant, self-assertive

Related Words dynamic, energetic, gung ho, hustling, scrappy, strenuous, vigorous; emphatic, obtrusive; adventuresome, adventurous, venturesome, venturous; audacious, bold, brash, brassy, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, confident, determined, forward, impudent, insolent, overconfident, presumptuous, unapologetic, unsubdued, unyielding; dominating, domineering, imperious, lordly, magisterial, overbearing

Near Antonyms easygoing, laid-back, relaxed; acquiescent, compliant, deferential, resigned, submissive, yielding; cowering, cringing, groveling (or grovelling), shrinking; bashful, diffident, meek, mousy (or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusive

Antonyms low-pressure, unaggressive, unambitious, unassertive, unenterprising

2 feeling or displaying eagerness to fight <a kindergarten teacher who discourages aggressive behavior, like pushing, by rewarding those children who wait their turn> — see belligerent
3 marked by or uttered with forcefulness <an aggressive campaign to win the African-American vote> — see emphatic 1