Defensive potential 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 Potential


  • (adjective) existing only as a possibility and not in fact
  • (noun) something that can develop or become actual
  • (adjective) existing in possibility