militant
fighting or disposed to fight; belligerent, warlike.
Other meanings
aggressively supporting of an idea, group, political or social cause, etc.; adamant, combative.
Synonyms
- warlike
Related words
- antimilitant
- hypermilitant
- militantism
- militantly
- militantness
- nonmilitant
- supermilitant
- unmilitant
- Militant Tendency
- ultramilitant
Word history
From Latin "mīlitāns".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “militant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.