belligerent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who fights (or is fighting)
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- quarrel derivation
- fight derivation
- fight down derivation
- battle derivation
- belligerent derivation
- combatant derivation
- war-ridden derivation
Sense 2 adjective
characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
aggressive acts against another country
Related & opposite
- pugnacity derivation
- belligerency derivation
- fighter derivation
- aggress derivation
- hostile similar to
Sense 3 adjective
engaged in war
belligerent (or warring) nations
Related & opposite
- hostilities derivation
- fighter derivation
- unpeaceful similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | quarrel |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fight down |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | battle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | belligerent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | combatant |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | war-ridden |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | defender |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | boxer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | brawler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | butter |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fencer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gladiator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gouger |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hell-kite |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mauler |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | skirmisher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tough |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | victor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | grappler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pugnacity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | belligerency |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | aggress |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | hostile |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hostilities |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | fighter |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | unpeaceful |