For a guy who was chosen by his father as the only son to be taught the secrets of this martial art, he doesn't have that much of a kick.
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Martial
//ˈmɑːʃəl//
Synonyms for "martial" (68 found)
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Related words (34)
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesdbpedia genre
1 entriesdbpedia influenced_by
1 entriesderived
15 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
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2 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 26 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- вае́нны adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вое́нен adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- военен adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
- войнствен adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- Марциа́л name (Roman poet)
Catalan
1 entries- marcial adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Czech
1 entries- bojový adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Danish
1 entries- Martial name (Roman poet)
Dutch
3 entries- Martial name (male given name)
- Martialis name (male given name)
- Martialis name (Roman poet)
Finnish
4 entries- raudan adj (containing, or relating to iron)
- rauta adj (containing, or relating to iron)
- rautapitoinen adj (containing, or relating to iron)
- sota adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
French
4 entries- martial adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- martial adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
- martial adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- Martial name (male given name)
Galician
1 entries- Marcial name (male given name)
Georgian
1 entries- საბრძოლო adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
German
4 entries- kampflustig adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- kriegerisch adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- kriegerisch adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- martialisch adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Greek
1 entries- πολεμικός adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Hungarian
4 entries- délceg adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- hadi adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
- harci adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- harcias adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
Irish
2 entries- badhbha adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- míleata adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Italian
2 entries- marziale adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- Marziale name (male given name)
Latin
2 entries- bellax adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- Martialis name (male given name)
Macedonian
1 entries- воен adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Middle English
1 entries- marcyan adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Occitan
1 entries- Marçau name (male given name)
Polish
1 entries- wojenny adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Portuguese
4 entries- bélico adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- marcial adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- marcial adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
- marcial adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
Russian
4 entries- боево́й adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- во́инский adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
- во́инский adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- вое́нный adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Spanish
4 entries- castrense adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- marcial adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- marcial adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
- soldadesco adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
Swedish
3 entries- krigisk adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- krigslik adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- martialisk adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Turkish
3 entries- askerî adj (relating to or connected with armed forces or military life)
- savaşçıl adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- savaşçıl adj (characteristic of or befitting a warrior)
Ukrainian
2 entries- воє́нний adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
- військо́вий adj (of, relating to, or suggestive of war — see also warlike)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
The President suspended the constitution and imposed martial law.
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Which will he choose, I wonder, martial arts or death?
Source: tatoeba (328281)
Apprenticeship is a system where you eat, sleep and live with your master and are taught various martial arts know-how and secrets.
Source: tatoeba (328283)
Showing 4 of 36 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.