| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fights, is aggressive |
Synonyms: |
activist, belligerent, combatant, demonstrator, fighter, objector, partisan, protester, rioter, warrior |
| Main Entry: | fanatic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person overenthusiastic about an interest |
Synonyms: |
activist, addict, bigot, bug*, crank, crazy, demon, devotee, enthusiast, extremist, fiend*, fool, freak, maniac, militant, monomaniac, nut*, radical, ultraist, visionary, zealot |
| Main Entry: | fighter |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person engaged in hostile encounter |
Synonyms: |
GI, aggressor, antagonist, assailant, battler, belligerent, boxer, brawler, bruiser, bully, champion, combatant, competitor, contender, contestant, disputant, duelist, gladiator, heavy*, jouster, mercenary, militant, opponent, person-at-arms, pugilist, punching bag, rival, scrapper, serviceperson, slugger, soldier, tanker, warlord, warrior, wildcat |
Antonyms: |
peacemaker |
| Main Entry: | radical |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who advocates significant, often extreme change |
Synonyms: |
agitator, anarchist, avant-garde, extremist, fanatic, firebrand, freethinker, iconoclast, insurgent, insurrectionist, left-winger, leftist, militant, mutineer, nihilist, nonconformist, objector, pacifist, progressive, rebel, reformer, renegade, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, secessionist, subversive, ultraist |
Antonyms: |
conservative, moderate |
| Main Entry: | warmonger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | militarist |
Synonyms: |
combatant, fighter, hawk, jingoist, militant |
| Main Entry: | zealot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enthusiast |
Synonyms: |
activist, diehard, extremist, fanatic, fiend, maniac, militant, nut, radical, ultra*, young Turk |
Antonyms: |
moderate |
| Main Entry: | protester |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demonstrator |
Synonyms: |
agitator, dissident, heckler, militant, radical, rebel, revolutionist |
| Main Entry: | protestor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | objector |
Synonyms: |
activist, dissident, militant |