Synonyms & related words for aggression

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of aggression — including aggressiveness, hostility, belligerence, belligerency, bellicosity, truculence. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to aggression

Explore words related to aggression — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include aggress, overaggressive, microaggression, aggressor, aggressive, scrappiness, truculency, nonaggressive. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Synonyms for aggression

Common synonyms for aggression include aggressiveness, hostility, belligerence, belligerency, bellicosity, truculence, pugnacity, combativeness — words that share a close meaning. Hover or tap any word on the map for its definition and part of speech.

Where does aggression come from?

The word aggression breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root gress-, from Latin gradior (“step, walk”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.