Antonyms for defensive
dɪˈfɛn sɪvde·fen·sive

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1. defensive, defensive attitudeadjective

   an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

   Antonyms:
   tip-and-run, unapologetic, predatory, antipersonnel, on the offensive(p), invading, attacking(a), marauding, incursive, hit-and-run, assaultive, offensive, invasive, raiding

   Synonyms:
   defensive attitude

2. defensiveadjective

   intended or appropriate for defending against or deterring aggression or attack

   "defensive weapons"; "a defensive stance"

   Antonyms:
   incursive, offensive, antipersonnel, invading, predatory, attacking(a), invasive, tip-and-run, on the offensive(p), assaultive, unapologetic, raiding, hit-and-run, marauding

   Synonyms:
   justificative, justificatory

3. defensive, justificative, justificatoryadjective

   attempting to justify or defend in speech or writing

   Antonyms:
   antipersonnel, offensive, predatory, incursive, on the offensive(p), marauding, invasive, attacking(a), unapologetic, raiding, assaultive, tip-and-run, hit-and-run, invading

   Synonyms:
   justificative, vindicatory, justificatory

How to use defensive in a sentence?

1. Mick Ryan:

   At some point, [their offensives] are likely to culminate, they will need to decide whether they assume a more defensive posture in the coming weeks in order to absorb or respond to any Ukrainian offensives.

2. Devin Nunes:

   Providing a defensive briefing, like the one given to Senator Feinstein, is a typical response to these kinds of situations, the refusal to give the Trump campaign a defensive briefing, and instead opening a sprawling counter-intelligence investigation of American citizens, is one of many alarming ways that intelligence leaders drastically diverged from normal procedures in their Trump campaign investigation.

3. Brian Kelly:

   Matt checks every box we’re looking for in a defensive coordinator, he’s led elite SEC defenses and garnered ample experience in both the NFL and as a coordinator at multiple collegiate stops.

4. Justin Onuekwusi:

   We're seeing yields backing up and safe havens and defensive equities underperform so we are seeing a bit rotation. I don't think it's a structural shift, it's just that markets went too far and too soon, and we are seeing alleviation of that move, the market is being driven by two extremes: one if we get further deceleration in trade, the probability of recession becomes quite high. But if we get a (Sino-U.S. trade deal) we could see confidence coming back.

5. Dave Tippett:

   I do n’t know if it was so much a lull as much as a mistake that we made, we turned the puck over at the defensive blue line when it should’ve come out and then we did n’t defend very well in front of the net.

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