militant

English Thesaurus

1. a militant reformer (noun.person)

hypernym	:	crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer,
definition	:	a disputant who advocates reform (noun.person)

hyponym	:	black muslim,
definition	:	an activist member of a largely American group of Blacks called the Nation of Islam (noun.person)

hyponym	:	black panther,
definition	:	a member of the Black Panthers political party (noun.person)

instance hyponym	:	malcolm little, malcolm x,
definition	:	militant civil rights leader (1925-1965) (noun.person)

2. showing a fighting disposition (adj.all)

similar	:	aggressive,
definition	:	having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends (adj.all)

3. engaged in war (adj.all)

similar	:	unpeaceful, unpeaceful,
definition	:	not peaceful (adj.all)

4. a militant reformer (noun.person)

derivation	:	activism,
definition	:	a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	activist, activistic,
definition	:	advocating or engaged in activism (adj.all)

5. showing a fighting disposition (adj.all)

derivation	:	competitiveness, fight,
definition	:	an aggressive willingness to compete (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	combativeness, militance, militancy,
definition	:	a militant aggressiveness (noun.attribute)

6. engaged in war (adj.all)

derivation	:	belligerency, hostilities,
definition	:	fighting; acts of overt warfare (noun.act)

derivation	:	battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper,
definition	:	someone who fights (or is fighting) (noun.person)

7. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies (adj.all)

derivation	:	hawkishness,
definition	:	any political orientation favoring aggressive policies (noun.cognition)

8. a militant reformer (noun.person)

derivation	:	activism,
definition	:	a policy of taking direct and militant action to achieve a political or social goal (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	activist, activistic,
definition	:	advocating or engaged in activism (adj.all)

9. showing a fighting disposition (adj.all)

derivation	:	competitiveness, fight,
definition	:	an aggressive willingness to compete (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	combativeness, militance, militancy,
definition	:	a militant aggressiveness (noun.attribute)

10. engaged in war (adj.all)

derivation	:	belligerency, hostilities,
definition	:	fighting; acts of overt warfare (noun.act)

derivation	:	battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper,
definition	:	someone who fights (or is fighting) (noun.person)

11. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies (adj.all)

derivation	:	hawkishness,
definition	:	any political orientation favoring aggressive policies (noun.cognition)