Nouns (1)
activist
n. a militant reformer
Verbs (0)
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (6)
competitive
adj. showing a fighting disposition; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"
fighting, belligerent, war-ridden, warring, at war
adj. engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"
Fuzzynyms (13)
radical
n. a person who has radical ideas or opinions
revolutionist, revolutionary, subversive, subverter
n. a radical supporter of political or social revolution
terrorist
n. a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities
fanatic, fiend
n. a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill
partisan, zealot
n. a fervent and even militant proponent of something
violent, warlike, unpacific
adj. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"
Synonyms (24)
assertive, self-asserting, self-assertive, vigorous
adj. confidently aggressive; "too assertive as a salesman"; "his self-assertive and unflagging energy"
bellicose, combative, pugnacious, scrappy, truculent
adj. having or showing a ready disposition to fight; "bellicose young officers"; "a combative impulse"; "a contentious nature"
hard-hitting, high-pressure
adj. aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"
hostile
adj. unsolicited and resisted by the management of the target company ( used of attempts to buy or take control of a business); "hostile takeover"; "hostile tender offer"; "hostile bid"
rapacious, ravening, predatory, raptorial, vulturine, vulturous
adj. living by preying on other animals especially by catching living prey; "a predatory bird"; "the rapacious wolf"; "raptorial birds"; "ravening wolves"; "a vulturine taste for offal"
disturbed, unpeaceable
adj. not disposed to peace
stormy
adj. characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage"
violent, warlike, unpacific
adj. disposed to warfare or hard-line policies; "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"
Antonyms (0)
militant
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