Defensive component Synonyms

Definitions for Defensive


  • (adjective) intended to resist or prevent attack or aggression
  • (noun) a position of readiness to oppose actual or expected attack
  • (noun) an attitude of defensiveness (especially in the phrase `on the defensive')

Definitions for Component


  • (noun) one of the parts that make up a whole
  • (noun) an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up; especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system
  • (noun) an abstract part of something