martial

Main Entry:
martial [mahr-shuhl]
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
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