Another word for belligerent
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Adjective
Having or showing an eagerness to fight
- Belligerent; hostile.
- Of or relating to war; martial.
- Indicative of or threatening war.
- Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
- Showing or expressing bitter opposition or hostility; aggressively defiant:
- Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
- Composed of scraps; fragmentary:
- Given to quarreling; contentious.
- Marked by quarreling.
- Combative in nature.
- Fighting or warring.
- Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause:
- A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
- Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
- Being in opposition; opposed:
- Given to contention; quarrelsome.
- Involving or causing contention; controversial:
- Eager or disposed to fight.
- Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament.
See also:Inclined to act in a hostile way
- Fighting or warring.
- Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause:
- A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
- Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
- Being in opposition; opposed:
- Given to contention; quarrelsome.
- Involving or causing contention; controversial:
- Eager or disposed to fight.
- Characterized by aggression:
- Inclined to behave in an actively hostile fashion:
- Assertive, bold, and energetic:
Of or engaged in warfare
- Fighting or warring.
- Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause:
- A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
- Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
- Being in opposition; opposed:
- One, such as a person or a combat vehicle, that takes part in armed strife.
- Engaging in armed strife.
Noun
One who engages in a combat or struggle
- One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
- One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict:
- One who serves in an army.
- An enlisted person or a noncommissioned officer.
- An active, loyal, or militant follower of an organization.
- One who fights, such as a soldier or boxer.
- A fast, maneuverable combat aircraft used to engage enemy aircraft.
- A pugnacious, unyielding, or determined person.
- One, such as a person or a combat vehicle, that takes part in armed strife.
- Engaging in armed strife.
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Another word for belligerent
Modifier
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- Characterized by aggression:
- Inclined to behave in an actively hostile fashion:
- Assertive, bold, and energetic:
- showing antagonism; acting in opposition
- Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
- Showing or expressing bitter opposition or hostility; aggressively defiant:
- Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
- Eager or disposed to fight.
- Present participle of warmonger.
- bellicism; militarism
- Of, relating to, or suggestive of war.
- Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms.
- Characteristic of or befitting a warrior.
- Fighting or warring.
- Having a combative character; aggressive, especially in the service of a cause:
- A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party.
- engaged in war; belligerent
- The act of engaging in war or conflict.
- Warlike or hostile in manner or temperament.
- Given to contention; quarrelsome.
- Involving or causing contention; controversial:
- Given to quarreling; contentious.
- Marked by quarreling.
- Of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy:
- Feeling or showing enmity or ill will:
- Being in opposition; opposed:
- Combative in nature.
- Belligerent; hostile.
- Of or relating to war; martial.
- Indicative of or threatening war.
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
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