aggressive

Questions about aggressive

What does aggressive mean?

aggressive means "having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aggressive?

aggressive has 3 syllables: ag-gres-sive. The stress falls on "gres". In IPA it is /əˈɡɹɛsɪv/.

What is another word for aggressive?

Close synonyms include fast-growing, strong-growing, belligerent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of aggressive?

The recorded antonyms are unaggressive.

Is aggressive a common word?

aggressive is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with aggressive?

2 words rhyme with aggressive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.