Synonyms of bare-knuckle

bare-knuckle

adjective

variants also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles

as in gladiatorial

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gladiatorial
• in-your-face
• combative
• pugnacious
• confrontational
• take-no-prisoners
• belligerent
• blood-and-guts
• militant
• bellicose
• warlike
• feisty
• scrappy
• assaultive
• contentious
• brawly
• disputatious
• savage
• argumentative
• ferocious
• quarrelsome
• truculent
• chippy
• vicious
• discordant
• fierce
• menacing
• grim
• ruthless
• brute
• bestial
• relentless
• barbaric
• threatening
• uncivilized
• merciless
• inhumane
• pitiless
• bloody
• inhuman
• fell
• unrelenting
• bloodthirsty
• sanguinary
• implacable
• heartless
• homicidal
• murderous
• wild
• ravenous
• murdering
• rapacious
• sanguine
• voracious
• wanton

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mild
• gentle
• congenial
• warm
• friendly
• genial
• cordial
• hearty
• amicable
• tame
• kind
• submissive
• compliant
• benign
• human
• compassionate
• unaggressive
• peaceable
• peaceful
• companionable
• merciful
• comradely
• amiable
• pacific
• civilized
• warmhearted
• humane
• cultured
• complaisant
• obliging