belligerent

Speech parts

1. belligerent - Noun

2. belligerent - Adjective

4. belligerent - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Waging war; carrying on war.

Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.

A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

aggressive fighter contentious militant antagonistic combatant combative battler scrapper quarrelsome pugnacious truculent warring bellicose hawk
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Antonyms

cool as cucumber allied carper social good challenger
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Hyponyms

victor gladiator gamecock superior pugilist master

Phrases with the word

belligerent behavior belligerent duo less belligerent belligerent driving belligerent pair

Examples

For belligerent purposes, the 14th century, like the 20th, commanded a technology more sophisticated than the mental and moral capacity that guided its use. Barbara Tuchman

We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush Administration. John Kerry

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent. Aung San Suu Kyi

Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight. Gene Tunney

The worst of all conditions in which a belligerent can find himself is to be utterly defenseless. Carl von Clausewitz

The EU has evolved from a constructive economic platform, as it was created, to an aggressive and belligerent player which already displays its ambitions far beyond the European continent. Sergey Lavrov

Close letter words and terms

belligerati belligerence belligerency belligerent behavior belligerent driving belligerent duo