Synonyms for Belligerent

Synonyms for "belligerent" (191 found)

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Closest matches (39)

Noun(10 words)

combatant fighter aggressive aggressor aggressors armedarmed factionattacker battler bellicose

acrid acrimonious aggressive antagonist antagonistic antipathetic ardent argumental argumentative attacking battler battling bellicosebelted knightbickerer bickering bitter blade bloodthirsty bloody

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bloody mindedbloody-minded bravo brawler bully

Adjective(4 words)

aggressiveaggressive behavioraggressive personangry

Strong matches (57)

bullyboycat-and-dogcat-and-doggishcaustic chauvinist chauvinistic clashing colliding combatant combative competitor conflicting contender contention contentious contestant controversial defiant despiteful disputant

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disputatious divisive duelist enemy enforcer eristic factional factious fencer ferocious feuder fierce fighter fightingfighting cockfoilsmanfull of fightfull of hategamecock gladiator goon gorillahatchet manhateful hawk hawkish hood hoodlum hooligan hostile hot

Adjective(2 words)

cantankeroushostile retort

Noun(4 words)

combatants combative confrontational hostile

Related words (95)

inimical invading irascible irritable jingo jingoish jingoist jingoistic jouster knight litigious malevolent malicious malignant martial militant militaristic military offensive partisan

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Adjective(4 words)

militant pugilistic war-ridden warring

Noun(11 words)

militant militarist militaristic polemical pugnacious quarrelling scrappershouting matchwar partywarlikewarring party

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

14 entries

actoraggressive behaviorarmed actorcommunication styleconfrontational behaviordoer entity group hostility individual organization personwar participantworker

More specific

15 entries

armed factionbelligerent factionbelligerent partybelligerent statebully combatantconfrontational tonefighterhostile discoursemilitant militaristicmilitary factionpolemical languagewar partywarlike

Collocations

10 entries

belligerent actionsbelligerent actorbelligerent attitudebelligerent factionbelligerent groupbelligerent nationbelligerent partybelligerent rhetoricbelligerent stancebelligerent state

Inflections

3 entries

belligerentsmore belligerentmost belligerent

Derivations

3 entries

belligerence belligerency belligerently

similar

2 entries

hostile unpeaceful

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Tom is belligerent.

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You're belligerent.

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Tom was belligerent.

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Sami was being so belligerent.

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