Defensive synonyms
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(Econ.) Serving or intended to protect domestic products, industries, etc. against foreign competition
protecting
defending
shielding
guarding
safeguarding
warding-off
(Archaic) Wakeful; unsleeping
Preventing or serving to prevent; esp., preventing disease
averting
forestalling
foiling
balking
Attracting attention; interesting; striking
checking
Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty
Of, tending toward, or marked by resistance:
withstanding
Covered with armor or armor plate
in opposition
self-justifying
Tending to take offense with slight cause; oversensitive.
Causing trouble or vexation; thorny:
self-protective
Serving or designed to protect oneself.
aggressive (antonym)
offensive (antonym)
combative (antonym)
armed (related)
irritable (related)
unfriendly (related)
undefensive (antonym)
unprotective (antonym)
unwatchful (antonym)
unwary (antonym)
Serving as justification.
Justifying; serving to uphold or vindicate
defensive attitude
an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')
self-defensive
self-preservative
on-the-defensive
in self-defense
Find another word for defensive. In this page you can discover 45 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for defensive, like: protective, protecting, defending, shielding, guarding, safeguarding, warding-off, watchful, wary, guarded and preventive.