Belligerent synonyms
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Part of speech:
Belligerent; hostile.
Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
cooperative (antonym)
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
Of or characteristic of an enemy; warlike
Inclined or ready to quarrel
nice (antonym)
1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:
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Of the army, the navy, or military life; military
Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas:
Affording or forming shade; shady.
helping (antonym)
nasty, argumentative
The definition of pugnacious is eager to fight or disagree.
Provoking or likely to provoke controversy
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Engaged in war; belligerent
The definition of combative is a person who likes to fight or argue.
Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
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(Psychiatry) Of or involving aggression
full of fight
Of or characterized by opposing parties, as the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit
Assertive is defined as someone who is self-confident and strong willed, though sometimes domineering or pushy.
at war
Characterized by or showing hostility:
(Music) Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation:
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
Fighting or warring.
Unpleasantly cold or wet:
The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn.
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A hostile or warlike attitude, nature, or inclination; belligerency.
A rival business, team, etc.
The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.
quarrelsomeness
The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature. [from 17th c.]
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A truculent remark or behaviour
One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
(Informal) Fond of fighting, arguing, etc.; aggressive
One who fights, such as a soldier or boxer.
One who has much military experience or military skill
Dominated or plagued by war.
A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.
plug-ugly
(Slang) Very ugly.
bullyboy
Alternative form of bully boy.
feuder
One who feuds.
jouster
A person who jousts
scuffler
One who scuffles.
tilter
One who operates a tilt hammer.
Prone to argue or dispute
attack (related)
Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack
attitude (related)
Inclined to act in a hostile way
conflict (related)
A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.
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partisan (related)
tyrannical (related)
dictatorial (related)
reactionary (related)
despotic (related)
Synonym Study
- Contentious suggests an inclination to argue or quarrel, usually with annoying persistence
- Pugnacious and quarrelsome both connote aggressiveness and a willingness to initiate a fight, but quarrelsome more often suggests pettiness and eagerness to fight for little or no reason
- Bellicose implies a warlike or hostile nature, suggesting a readiness to fight a bellicose mood
- Belligerent implies engagement in war or fighting or in actions that are likely to provoke fighting belligerent nations
Find another word for belligerent. In this page you can discover 68 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for belligerent, like: warlike, furious, cooperative, hostile, quarrelsome, kind, nice, martial, mad, umbrageous and aggressor.