Defensive nature 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 Nature


  • (noun) the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people , or a thing different from others
  • (noun) that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation
  • (noun) a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common