| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having to do with armed hostilities |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, hostile, military, pugnacious, soldierly, warlike |
| Notes: | marital means of or relating to the state of marriage, while martial means of or relating to or suggesting of war |
| Antonyms: | civil, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | courageous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brave, bold |
| Synonyms: | Spartan, Trojan, adventuresome, adventurous, assured, audacious, cool, daredevil, daring, dauntless, doughty, fearless, fiery, fire-eating, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, high-spirited, impavid, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, martial, nervy, plucky, red-blooded, resolute, stalwart, stand tall, stouthearted, strong, tenacious, tough, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, venturous |
| Antonyms: | cowardly, faint-hearted, fearful, fearing, meek, shy, timid, weak |
| Main Entry: | fighting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, warlike |
| Synonyms: | angry, argumentative, battling, bellicose, belligerent, boxing, brawling, combative, contending, contentious, determined, disputatious, disputative, fencing, ferocious, hawkish, hostile, jingoistic, jousting, martial, militant, militaristic, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ready to fight, resolute, scrappy, skirmishing, sparring, tilting, truculent, unbeatable, under arms, up in arms, warmongering, wrestling |
| Antonyms: | peaceloving |
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, combative |
| Synonyms: | active, assertive, assertory, bellicose, belligerent, combating, contending, contentious, embattled, fighting, gladiatorial, in arms, martial, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, pushy, quarrelsome, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, up in arms, vigorous, warlike, warring |
| Antonyms: | compliant, peaceful, peaceloving, submissive, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | military |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soldierlike; concerning the armed forces |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, militaristic, noncivil, soldierly, warlike, warmongering |
| Antonyms: | civilian |
| Main Entry: | warlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, battling |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, attacking, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, combative, contending, contentious, contrary, fighting, gladiatorial, hawkish, inimical, martial, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ructious, soldierly, truculent, unfriendly, warmongering, warring |
| Antonyms: | harmonizing, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | militaristic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, armed, army, bellicose, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, noncivil, soldierly, warlike, warmongering |
| Main Entry: | soldierly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, militaristic, noncivil, warlike, warmongering |