Belligerent synonyms and antonyms

bə-lĭj'ər-ənt

Belligerent; hostile.

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Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

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Of or characteristic of an enemy; warlike

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Inclined or ready to quarrel

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cooperative (antonym)

Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

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Of the army, the navy, or military life; military

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Temporarily or apparently deranged by violent sensations, emotions, or ideas:

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helping (antonym)

nasty, argumentative

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The definition of ornery is someone bad tempered or stubborn.

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The definition of pugnacious is eager to fight or disagree.

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Affording or forming shade; shady.

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The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.

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plug-ugly

(Slang) Very ugly.

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Provoking or likely to provoke controversy

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Showing or having the impulse to be combative.

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Engaged in war; belligerent

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Supportive of warlike foreign policy; bellicose; inclined toward military action.

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The definition of combative is a person who likes to fight or argue.

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Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.

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(Psychiatry) Of or involving aggression

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full of fight

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Of or characterized by opposing parties, as the plaintiff and defendant in a lawsuit

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Assertive is defined as someone who is self-confident and strong willed, though sometimes domineering or pushy.

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at war

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Characterized by or showing hostility:

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Engaged in war or other conflict

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(Music) Of, relating to, or being an emotionally charged style of performance marked by strong rhythms and improvisation:

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Extremely angry; wrathful; enraged.

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Argumentative or combative.

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(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:

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Fighting or warring.

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Unpleasantly cold or wet:

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A hostile or warlike attitude, nature, or inclination; belligerency.

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An armed fighter.

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A rival business, team, etc.

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The quality of being militant.

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The act or characteristic of being aggressive or combative.

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quarrelsomeness

The quality of being quarrelsome; an argumentative nature. [from 17th c.]

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A truculent remark or behaviour

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One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.

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(Informal) Fond of fighting, arguing, etc.; aggressive

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One who fights, such as a soldier or boxer.

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One who has much military experience or military skill

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Dominated or plagued by war.

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Alternative form of batteler.

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A person who fights doggedly, who exhibits indomitable will.

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bullyboy

Alternative form of bully boy.

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feuder

One who feuds.

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jouster

A person who jousts

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quarreler

One who quarrels or is disposed to do so. An arguer or disputer.

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sabreur

(Fencing) A fencer who fights with a sabre.

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scuffler

One who scuffles.

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tilter

One who operates a tilt hammer.

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kind (antonym)

Mild, gentle, forgiving

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nice (antonym)

1822, T. Creevey, Reminiscences, 28 Jul:

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Defiant or uncompromising.

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Prone to argue or dispute

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attack (related)

Designed or used for carrying out a hostile or aggressive attack

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attitude (related)

Inclined to act in a hostile way

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conflict (related)

A state of open, often prolonged fighting; a battle or war.

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tyrannical (related)

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dictatorial (related)

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reactionary (related)

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despotic (related)

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partisan (related)

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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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