combative 20 antonyms and opposites of combative. Adj — Eager to fight or argue; aggressively confrontational. Antonyms for combative calm conflict-free dovish nonaggressive nonbellicose nonbelligerent noncombative nonmartial nonmilitaristic nonviolent pacific passive peaceful unbellicose unaggressive unbelligerent uncombative unjingoistic unmilitaristic unwarlike ← Back to the full definition of combative