Militant — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a militant reformer

disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈɪlɪtənt/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈɪlɪtənt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈɪlɪtənt/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈɪlɪtənt/.

Examples

militant nations
hawkish congressman
warlike policies

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

hawkish belligerent activist warring competitive war-ridden warlike

Parts of Speech

noun	a militant reformer
adjective	disposed to warfare or hard-line policies “militant nations”
adjective	showing a fighting disposition “highly competitive sales representative”
adjective	engaged in war “belligerent (or warring) nations”

Word Forms

activist	adjective	advocating or engaged in activism
activism	noun	a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal
hawkishness	noun	any political orientation favoring aggressive policies
competitiveness	noun	an aggressive willingness to compete
militancy	noun	a militant aggressiveness
militance	noun	a militant aggressiveness
belligerent	noun	someone who fights (or is fighting)
belligerency	noun	fighting; acts of overt warfare

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

militante

un reformador militante

🇮🇹Italian

militante

un riformatore militante

🇵🇹Portuguese

militante

um reformador militante

🇷🇺Russian

воинственный

воинствующий реформатор

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आतंकवादी

एक उग्रवादी सुधारक

🇧🇩Bengali

জঙ্গি

একজন জঙ্গি সংস্কারক

🇮🇳Tamil

போராளி

ஒரு போர்க்குணமிக்க சீர்திருத்தவாதி

🇮🇳Telugu

మిలిటెంట్

ఒక మిలిటెంట్ సంస్కర్త

🇮🇳Marathi

अतिरेकी

एक अतिरेकी सुधारक

🇮🇳Gujarati

આતંકવાદી

એક આતંકવાદી સુધારક

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಗ್ರಗಾಮಿ

ಉಗ್ರಗಾಮಿ ಸುಧಾರಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

തീവ്രവാദി

ഒരു മിലിറ്റൻ്റ് പരിഷ്കർത്താവ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਾੜਕੂ

ਇੱਕ ਖਾੜਕੂ ਸੁਧਾਰਕ

🇵🇰Urdu

عسکریت پسند

ایک عسکریت پسند اصلاح کار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

好战的

激进的改革家

🇯🇵Japanese

好戦的な

戦闘的な改革者

🇰🇷Korean

전투적인

전투적인 개혁가

🇻🇳Vietnamese

dân quân

một nhà cải cách quân sự

🇹🇭Thai

สงคราม

นักปฏิรูปหัวรุนแรง

🇮🇩Indonesian

militan

seorang reformis militan

🇵🇭Filipino

militante

isang militanteng repormador

🇲🇾Malay

militan

seorang pembaharu militan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

متشدد

مصلح متشدد

🇮🇷Persian

مبارز

یک اصلاح طلب مبارز

🇹🇷Turkish

militan

militan bir reformcu

🇮🇱Hebrew

לוֹחְמָנִי

רפורמטור מיליטנטי

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