noncombative
Avoiding physical conflict
Noncombative describes a disposition or approach that avoids fighting or conflict.
A noncombative person doesn't seek confrontation: She took a noncombative tone in the meeting.
The term appears in military contexts for personnel or operations not engaged in direct combat, and in medical contexts for patients who aren't physically aggressive.
Not actively participating
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- meekHumbly unassertive
- gentleSoft and kind
nonaggressive · unassertive · yielding · compliant · deferential · nonresistant · acquiescent · retiring
Free from disturbance
- conciliatoryMeant to placate
- nonconfrontationalAvoiding direct opposition
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
- agreeablePleasantly cooperative
accommodating · harmonious · amicable · cordial · civil · tactful · measured · restrained
Non-military person
- unarmedHaving no weapons
- neutralNot favoring any side
- demilitarizedCleared of armed forces
- pacifistAnti-violence believer
conscientious objector · nonfighting · logistics · medical corps · chaplain · rear echelon · auxiliary · humanitarian
Protective or easily threatened
- protectiveServing to guard
- deterrentThing that discourages action
- avoidantInclined to evade
- evasiveAvoiding direct response
disengaging · retreating · withdrawing · de-escalating · standoff · containment · buffer · neutralizing
passive
Not actively participating
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
- docileEasily controlled or taught
- meekHumbly unassertive
gentle · nonaggressive · unassertive · yielding · compliant · deferential · nonresistant · acquiescent · retiring · timid
peaceful
Free from disturbance
- conciliatoryMeant to placate
- nonconfrontationalAvoiding direct opposition
- cooperativeJointly operated enterprise
agreeable · accommodating · harmonious · amicable · cordial · civil · tactful · measured · restrained · temperate
civilian
Non-military person
- unarmedHaving no weapons
- neutralNot favoring any side
- demilitarizedCleared of armed forces
pacifist · conscientious objector · nonfighting · logistics · medical corps · chaplain · rear echelon · auxiliary · humanitarian · peacekeeping
defensive
Protective or easily threatened
- protectiveServing to guard
- deterrentThing that discourages action
- avoidantInclined to evade
evasive · disengaging · retreating · withdrawing · de-escalating · standoff · containment · buffer · neutralizing · defusing
noncombativecombative
Inclined toward conflict
belligerent · aggressive · pugnacious · bellicose · hostile
combat, combative, combatant, combativeness, combatively, noncombatant