combative

combative is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Disposed to engage in combat; pugnacious.
2. adjective. having or showing a ready disposition to fight

   "bellicose young officers"

   "a combative impulse"

   Synonyms: battleful, bellicose

3. adjective. striving to overcome in argument

   "a dialectical and agonistic approach"

   Synonyms: agonistic, agonistical

4. adjective. 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"

   Synonyms: contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious

Synonyms

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

Common word forms

combatively, combativeness

Words from these letters

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