militant

Speech parts

1. militant - Noun

2. militant - Adjective

3. militant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

warlike belligerent fighting competitive radical revolutionary aggressive hostile martial combatant combative extremist activist pugnacious truculent
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Antonyms

allied conservative passive peaceful casual Pacific Ocean
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Hypernyms

crusader reformer reformist meliorist social reformer

Hyponyms

black panther Black Muslim

Related terms

military militia militance

Phrases with the word

hezbollah militant group militant nationalism militant neutrality militant academia militant strategy more militant

Examples

I am an optimist, unrepentant and militant. After all, in order not to be a fool an optimist must know how sad a place the world can be. It is only the pessimist who finds this out anew every day. Peter Ustinov

Men make angry music and it's called rock-and-roll; women include anger in their vocabulary and suddenly they're angry and militant. Ani DiFranco

I am not only a pacifist but a militant pacifist. I am willing to fight for peace. Nothing will end war unless the people themselves refuse to go to war. Albert Einstein

The librarian must be the librarian militant before he can be the librarian triumphant. Melvil Dewey

Militant feminists are pro-choice because it's their ultimate avenue of power over men. And believe me, to them it is a question of power. It is their attempt to impose their will on the rest of society, particularly on men. Rush Limbaugh

Our militant union with peoples which still have to carry on an armed struggle against the colonialists constitutes an important element of our line in international affairs. Leonid Brezhnev

Close letter words and terms

militainment militance militancy militant academia militant islamist militant muslim