English noun: aggressiveness |
1. | aggressiveness (attribute) the quality of being bold and enterprising |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | drive |
|
| Narrower (hyponym) | boldness, brass, cheek, combativeness, competitiveness, face, fight, intrusiveness, meddlesomeness, militance, militancy, nerve, officiousness |
|
2. | aggressiveness (feeling) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack |
|
| Synonyms | aggression |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | enmity, hostility, ill will |
|
3. | aggressiveness (attribute) a natural disposition to be hostile |
|
| Synonyms | belligerence, pugnacity |
|
| Broader (hypernym) | disagreeableness |
|
| Narrower (hyponym) | bellicoseness, bellicosity, truculence, truculency |
|