Militant \Mil"i*tant\, a. [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of
militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See Militate.]
Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a
soldier. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
militant
adj 1: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a
fighting war" [syn: belligerent, fighting, war-ridden,
warring]
2: showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly
competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting
for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and
ubiquitous energy" [syn: competitive]
n : a militant reformer [syn: activist]
WordNet (r) 2.0
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "militant":
active, activist, activistic, aggressive, aggressor, alive,
animated, antagonistic, assertive, at war, ball of fire, battler,
battling, beaver, bellicose, belligerent, belted knight, bickerer,
big-time operator, blade, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded,
bouncing, bouncy, bravo, brawler, breezy, brisk, bubbly, bully,
bullyboy, bustler, busy bee, chauvinist, chauvinistic, chipper,
combatant, combative, competitor, contender, contentious,
contestant, disputant, doer, duelist, eager beaver, ebullient,
effervescent, embattled, enemy, energetic, enforcer, enthusiast,
fencer, ferocious, feuder, fierce, fighter, fighting,
fighting cock, foilsman, frisky, full of fight, full of go,
full of life, full of pep, gamecock, gladiator, go-getter, goon,
gorilla, hatchet man, hawkish, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, hostile,
human dynamo, hustler, inimical, jingo, jingoish, jingoist,
jingoistic, jouster, knight, live, live wire, lively,
man of action, man of deeds, martial, mercurial, militaristic,
military, new broom, offensive, operator, peppy, perky, pert,
plug-ugly, political activist, powerhouse, pugnacious, pushful,
pushing, pushy, quarreler, quarrelsome, quicksilver, rioter, rival,
rough, rowdy, ruffian, saber-rattling, sabreur, sanguinary,
sanguineous, savage, scrapper, scrappy, scuffler, self-assertive,
smacking, snappy, soldier, soldierlike, soldierly, spanking,
spirited, sprightly, spry, squabbler, strong arm, strong-arm man,
strong-armer, struggler, swashbuckler, sword, swordplayer,
swordsman, take-charge guy, thug, tilter, tough, trigger-happy,
truculent, tussler, unfriendly, unpacific, unpeaceable, unpeaceful,
up in arms, vivacious, warlike, warmongering, warring, warrior,
wheeler-dealer, winner, wrangler, zingy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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