Synonyms for militant
ˈmɪl ɪ təntmil·i·tant

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1. militant, activistadjective

   a militant reformer

   Synonyms:
   activist

   Antonyms:
   peaceable, peaceful, unaggressive, nonaggressive

2. militant, hawkish, warlikeadjective

   disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

   "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"

   Synonyms:
   warlike, warring, competitive, hawkish, war-ridden, belligerent, martial

   Antonyms:
   unaggressive, peaceful, peaceable, nonaggressive

3. competitive, militantadjective

   showing a fighting disposition

   "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"

   Synonyms:
   warlike, competitive, private-enterprise(a), hawkish, warring, war-ridden, competitory, free-enterprise(a), belligerent

   Antonyms:
   nonaggressive, unaggressive, peaceful, peaceable

4. belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warringadjective

   engaged in war

   "belligerent (or warring) nations"

   Synonyms:
   aggressive, warlike, warring, competitive, hawkish, war-ridden, belligerent

   Antonyms:
   peaceful, peaceable, nonaggressive, unaggressive

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1. militantadjective

   Synonyms:
   fighting, contending, belligerent

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1. List of paraphrases for "militant":

   armed, activist, militants, gunman, gunmen, fighters, guerrilla, jihad, hardline, activists, mujahed, fighter, mujahid, campaigner, guerrillas, hard-line, resistance, radical, belligerent, combatants, resister, bellicose

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1. Republican Representative Bruce Babin:

   The terrorist attack in Paris by militant Islamists is a loud clanging alarm bell to Congress and the American people warning us why we must block Obama’s reckless and foolish plan to allow tens of thousands of Syrian refugees into the U.S..

2. Charlton Heston:

   Mainstream America is depending on you - counting on you - to draw your sword and fight for them. These people have precious little time or resources to battle misguided Cinderella attitudes, the fringe propaganda of the homosexual coalition, the feminists who preach that it's a divine duty for women to hate men, blacks who raise a militant fist with one hand, while they seek preference with the other.

3. Islam Karimov:

   The creeping expansion of militant extremism and religious radicalism, not only on the territory of the governments of Central Asia but also abroad, is most seriously concerning.

4. Hilal Kaplan:

   There was a time when more than 100 journalists were in jail and we were competing with China in terms of imprisoned reporters, today I would say the media is more pluralistic; there are pro-PKK (Kurdish militant) media, anti-Erdogan media, pro-AKP media, some of which couldn't have existed 15 years ago.

5. Gilbert Gapay:

   Monay has replaced her aunt as the main financier and logistic supporter of the militant group, the arrest will adversely affect the logistics support network of the group.