Dictionary Entry
defensive
defensive is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 18 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 16 · Words With Friends 18 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.
- 2adjective
Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.
- 3adjective
In a state or posture of defense.
- 4noun
That which defends; a safeguard.
- 5noun
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
- 6adjective
intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack
"defensive weapons"
"a defensive stance"
- 7adjective
attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing
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