- agonistic, agonistical, combative - striving to overcome in argument; "a dialectical and agonistic approach"
Antonym: noncompetitive (indirect, via competitive)
- battleful, bellicose, combative, contentious - having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
Antonyms: unaggressive, nonaggressive (indirect, via aggressive)