Definition for Aggression:

• An unprovoked attack.

Synonyms for Aggression:

• n.

  •
  • temper,
  • annoyance,
  • outrage,
  • resentment,
  • irritation,
  • anger,
  • rage,
  • mood,
  • asperity.
  •
  • pushiness,
  • bellicosity,
  • trouble,
  • forcefulness,
  • riotousness,
  • militarism,
  • push.
  •act (noun)
  • aggression,
  • hostility.
  •aggression (noun)
  • aggressiveness.
  •assault (noun)
  • stormings.
  •attack (noun)
  • foray,
  • storm,
  • bombardment,
  • frenzy,
  • raid,
  • riot,
  • fury,
  • fight,
  • sortie,
  • battle,
  • thrust,
  • warfare,
  • furor,
  • offense,
  • outbreak,
  • charge,
  • onslaught,
  • barrage,
  • attack,
  • bloodshed,
  • war,
  • tirade,
  • spasm,
  • invasion,
  • violence,
  • strike,
  • combat,
  • siege.
  •attack, often military (noun)
  • blitzkrieg,
  • offensive,
  • encroachment,
  • onset,
  • injury,
  • blitz.
  •bellicoseness (noun)
  • combativity,
  • combativities.
  •belligerence (noun)
  • truculency.
  •combativeness (noun)
  • scrappiness.
  •contentiousness (noun)
  • disagreeableness,
  • quarrelsomeness.
  •fight (noun)
  • resistance,
  • belligerence,
  • bellicoseness,
  • pugnaciousness.
  •hostile or forceful behavior, attitude (noun)
  • destructiveness,
  • antagonism,
  • pugnacity.
  •hostility (noun)
  • dis affections,
  • Inimicality,
  • warpaths,
  • grudge,
  • dis-affections,
  • unfriendliness,
  • un friendlinesses,
  • un-friendlinesses,
  • unfriendlinesses,
  • dis-affection,
  • inimicalities,
  • un-friendliness,
  • dis affection,
  • warpath,
  • un friendliness.
  •ruffled feathers (noun)
  • dudgeon,
  • ruffled-feathers.
  •truculence (noun)
  • truculence.
  •warfare (noun)
  • drive,
  • engagement,
  • contest,
  • scuffle,
  • crusade,
  • campaign,
  • jihad,
  • scramble,
  • struggle,
  • guerre,
  • conflict,
  • tussle.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • militance,
  • militancy,
  • counterattack,
  • swoop,
  • counteroffensive,
  • bloodbath,
  • pounding,
  • salvo,
  • tanning,
  • Bashing,
  • chauvinism,
  • Assailment.
  •
  • bloodletting,
  • onrush,
  • brutality,
  • shot,
  • combativeness,
  • blood.
  •
  • attempt,
  • belligerency.
  •
  • contentiousness.

Paraphrases for Aggression:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    aggressiveness.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    provocation, bullying.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    offensive, violation, victimization, hostile, intervention, attacking, invasive.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    incursions, assault, assaults, invasion.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    aggressor, mugging, onslaught, hostility, assault, invasion, incursion, encroachment, bombing, occupation, infringement, repression, insult.
  • Verb, non-3rd person singular present
    assault.

Antonyms for Aggression:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    defensive, geniality, cordiality, friendliness, opposition, benevolence, shelter, pacifism, amiability, surrender, kindliness, repulsion, amicability, amenability, resistance, retreat, affability, nonaggression, Placability, mildness, graciousness, pleasantness, submission, Anti-imperialism, gentleness, sociability, complaisance.

Aggression Sentence Examples:

• Measures were taken to protect him from further aggression, and he was never after molested.

• Twenty centuries before, the last war of aggression had been fought, in order that an over - populated nation might find room in which to live.

Homophones for Aggression:

• acrogen, acrocomia, acrosome.

Holonyms for Aggression:

• n.

  • act
    war, warfare.

Hypernym for Aggression:

• n.

  • act
    intimidation, force, raising hell, aggravation, meat grinder, bitchery, plundering, provocation, violence, irritation, pillage, self-assertion, hell raising, bullying, pillaging.

Hyponym for Aggression:

• n.

  • act
    behavior, conduct, behaviour, combat, doings, action, armed combat.
  • attribute
    unfriendliness.
  • feeling
    hostility, enmity, ill will.