belligerent

1. 1.

   someone who fights (or is fighting)

   Synonymscombatantbattlerfighterscrapper

   Broaderperson

   Narrowerdefenderboxerbrawlerbutterfencergladiatorgougerhell-kitemaulerskirmisher

Other forms of belligerent

plural

belligerents·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about belligerent

What does belligerent mean?

belligerent means "characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in belligerent?

belligerent has 4 syllables: bel-lig-e-rent. The stress falls on "lig". In IPA it is /bəˈlɪdʒɚənt/.

What is another word for belligerent?

Close synonyms include aggressive, militant, war-ridden, warring, combatant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is belligerent a common word?

belligerent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.