Militant

//ˈmɪlɪtənt//

Synonyms for "militant" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Strong matches (56)

Related words (94)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

Translations

40 translations across 18 languages.

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Arabic

4 entries
  • مُحَارِب noun (aggressive adherent)
  • مُقَاتِل noun (aggressive adherent)
  • مُكَافِح noun (aggressive adherent)
  • مُنَاضِل noun (aggressive adherent)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մարտնչող adj (aggressively active or supportive)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • yaraqlı noun (aggressive adherent)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • ваяўні́чы adj (warlike, belligerent)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • агресивен adj (aggressively active or supportive)
  • войнствен adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • троцкист noun (one who supports a Trotskyite political view)

Catalan

1 entries
  • militant adj (aggressively active or supportive)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 好战的 adj (warlike, belligerent)

French

1 entries
  • militant adj (warlike, belligerent)

German

3 entries
  • kämpferisch adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • militant adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • militant adj (aggressively active or supportive)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • harcias adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • harcias adj (aggressively active or supportive)
  • harcoló adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • harcos adj (warlike, belligerent)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • согушчул adj (warlike, belligerent)

Malay

2 entries
  • militan adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • militan adj (aggressively active or supportive)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaiwhakatūtū noun (aggressive adherent)

Occitan

1 entries
  • militant adj (aggressively active or supportive)

Russian

4 entries
  • боево́й adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • боево́й adj (aggressively active or supportive)
  • вои́нственный adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • вои́нствующий adj (warlike, belligerent)

Spanish

1 entries
  • militante adj (aggressively active or supportive)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • бойови́й adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • войовни́чий adj (warlike, belligerent)
  • бойови́к noun (aggressive adherent)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מיליטאַנט noun (aggressive adherent)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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The man was said to be part of a rogue militant group.

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He's really militant about gluten, geez.

Source: tatoeba (6583524)

Ali Ideflawen is a Kabyle militant singer.

Source: tatoeba (7366089)

Mouloud Mammeri is a Berber Algerian militant.

Source: tatoeba (7627659)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.