'Militant' definitions:
Definition of 'militant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies" [syn: militant, hawkish, warlike]
adjective
Showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy" [syn: competitive, militant]
adjective
Engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]
noun
A militant reformer [syn: militant, activist]
Definition of 'Militant'
From: GCIDE
- Militant \Mil"i*tant\, a. [L. militans, -antis, p. pr. of militare to be soldier: cf. F. militant. See Militate.] Engaged in warfare; fighting; combating; serving as a soldier. -- {Mil"i*tant*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
- At which command the powers militant . . . Moved on in silence. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Church militant, the Christian church on earth, which is supposed to be engaged in a constant warfare against its enemies, and is thus distinguished from the church triumphant, in heaven. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'militant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- active,
- activist,
- activistic,
- aggressive,
- aggressor,
- alive,
- animated,
- antagonistic,
- assertive,
- at war,
- ball of fire,
- battler,
- battling,
- beaver,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- big-time operator,
- blade,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- bouncing,
- bouncy,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- breezy,
- brisk,
- bubbly,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- bustler,
- busy bee,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- chipper,
- combatant,
- combative,
- competitor,
- contender,
- contentious,
- contestant,
- disputant,
- doer,
- duelist,
- eager beaver,
- ebullient,
- effervescent,
- embattled,
- enemy,
- energetic,
- enforcer,
- enthusiast,
- fencer,
- ferocious,
- feuder,
- fierce,
- fighter,
- fighting,
- fighting cock,
- foilsman,
- frisky,
- full of fight,
- full of go,
- full of life,
- full of pep,
- gamecock,
- gladiator,
- go-getter,
- goon,
- gorilla,
- hatchet man,
- hawkish,
- hood,
- hoodlum,
- hooligan,
- hostile,
- human dynamo,
- hustler,
- inimical,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- jouster,
- knight,
- live,
- live wire,
- lively,
- man of action,
- man of deeds,
- martial,
- mercurial,
- militaristic,
- military,
- new broom,
- offensive,
- operator,
- peppy,
- perky,
- pert,
- plug-ugly,
- political activist,
- powerhouse,
- pugnacious,
- pushful,
- pushing,
- pushy,
- quarreler,
- quarrelsome,
- quicksilver,
- rioter,
- rival,
- rough,
- rowdy,
- ruffian,
- saber-rattling,
- sabreur,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrapper,
- scrappy,
- scuffler,
- self-assertive,
- smacking,
- snappy,
- soldier,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- spanking,
- spirited,
- sprightly,
- spry,
- squabbler,
- strong arm,
- strong-arm man,
- strong-armer,
- struggler,
- swashbuckler,
- sword,
- swordplayer,
- swordsman,
- take-charge guy,
- thug,
- tilter,
- tough,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- tussler,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- up in arms,
- vivacious,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring,
- warrior,
- wheeler-dealer,
- winner,
- wrangler,
- zingy