Adjective militant has 2 senses
- belligerent, fighting, militant, war-ridden, warring - engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"
Antonym: peaceful (indirect, via unpeaceful)
- competitive, militant - showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking; "highly competitive sales representative"; "militant in fighting for better wages for workers"; "his self-assertive and ubiquitous energy"
Antonyms: unaggressive, nonaggressive (indirect, via aggressive)
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Noun militant has 1 sense
- militant, activist - a militant reformer
--1 is a kind of reformer, reformist, crusader, meliorist
--1 has particulars: Black Muslim; Black Panther; Malcolm X, Malcolm Little
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