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militantadjective feeling or displaying eagerness to fightpolitical radicals with a militant unwillingness to compromise on any issue aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike antagonistic, fierce, hostile, hot-temperedacidic, bearish, bilious, bristly, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, stroppy(British), surly, testy, touchy, ugly, waspishsavage, viciousbattling, fighting, warring on the warpath nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious anti-imperialist, antimilitarist, unwarlikeaffable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, ingratiating, kindhearted, obliging, pleasant, sociablecalm, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquilbenign, gentle, kindly, mild having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goalmilitant protestors refusing to disperse aggressive, ambitious, assertive, enterprising, fierce, go-getting, high-pressure, in-your-face, pushy, self-asserting, self-assertive argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, disputatious, gladiatorial, pugnacious, quarrelsome, trigger-happy, truculent, warlikehyperaggressive, overambitiousdynamic, energetic, gung ho, hustling, strenuous, vigorousemphatic, obtrusiveadventuresome, adventurous, daring, dashing, emboldened, gutsy, venturesome, venturousaudacious, bold, brash, brassy, bumptious, cheeky, cocksure, cocky, confident, determined, forward, impudent, insolent, overconfident, presumptuous, unapologetic, unsubdued, unyieldingbare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), feisty, scrappydominating, domineering, imperious, lordly, magisterial, overbearing ambitionless, low-pressure, nonassertive, unaggressive, unambitious, unassertive, unenterprising easygoing, laid-back, relaxedacquiescent, amenable, compliant, deferential, docile, resigned, submissive, tractable, yieldingcowering, cringing, groveling(or grovelling), shrinkingbashful, demure, diffident, humble, lowly, meek, mild, modest, mousy(or mousey), overmodest, passive, quiet, reserved, retiring, shy, subdued, timid, unobtrusiveobsequious, servile, slavish, subservient militantnounone who is intensely or excessively devoted to a causemilitants within the movement insisted that there could be no compromise on the issue crusader, fanatic, ideologue(also idealogue), partisan(also partizan), red hot, true believer, zealot activistdreamer, idealist, visionarycultist, disciple, follower, hanger-on, idolizer, votaryaddict, aficionado(also afficionado), buff, bug, devotee, enthusiast, fan, fancier, fiend, fool, freak, habitué(also habitue), head, hound, junkie(also junky), lover, maniac, maven(also mavin), nut, suckeradvocate, apostle, backer, champion, evangelist, patron, promoter, stalwart, supporterbooster, rooter, well-wisherfaddist nonmilitant dabbler, dilettante adj.aggressive, militant, assertive, self-assertive mean obtrusively energetic especially in pursuing particular goals.aggressive implies a disposition to dominate often in disregard of others' rights or in determined and energetic pursuit of one's ends.aggressive in his business dealings militant also implies a fighting disposition but suggests not self-seeking but devotion to a cause, movement, or principle.militant protesters rallied against the new law assertive suggests bold self-confidence in expression of opinion.the more assertive speakers dominated the forum self-assertive connotes forwardness or brash self-confidence.a self-assertive young upstart in the 15th century |