Antonyms for belligerent
bəˈlɪdʒ ər əntbel·li·ger·ent

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1. belligerentadjective

   (By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.

   Synonyms:
   aggressive, contentious, combative, antagonistic, quarrelsome, pugnacious, bellicose, truculent

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1. belligerent

   Antonyms:
   accessible, affable, affectionate, amicable, brotherly, companionable, complaisant, cordial, favorable, fond, friendly, genial, hearty, kind, kindly, loving, neighborly, sociable, social, tender, well-disposed

   Synonyms:
   adverse, alienated, antagonistic, bellicose, cold, contentious, disaffected, distant, estranged, frigid, hostile, ill-disposed, indifferent, inimical, unfriendly, unkind, warlike

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1. belligerent

   Antonyms:
   neutral, pacific, peaceful, nonbelligerent, appeased, reconciled

   Synonyms:
   contending, engaging, fighting, opposed, adverse, rival, conflicting, antagonist, assailant, hostile

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1. combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapperadjective

   someone who fights (or is fighting)

   Antonyms:
   peaceable, amicable, peaceful

   Synonyms:
   fighter aircraft, combatant, attack aircraft, paladin, champion, fighter, battler, scrapper, hero

2. aggressive, belligerentadjective

   characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

   "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"

   Antonyms:
   amicable, peaceable, peaceful

   Synonyms:
   fast-growing(a), militant, strong-growing, aggressive, war-ridden, warring

3. belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warringadjective

   engaged in war

   "belligerent (or warring) nations"

   Antonyms:
   amicable, peaceable, peaceful

   Synonyms:
   aggressive, warlike, warring, competitive, hawkish, war-ridden, militant

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1. belligerentadjective

   Synonyms:
   at war, warring, militant, bellicose, pugnacious

How to use belligerent in a sentence?

1. James Roche:

   Brett and I did not socialize beyond the first few days of freshman year. We talked at night as freshman roommates do, and I would see him as he returned from nights out with his friends. It is from this experience that I concluded that although Brett was normally reserved, he was a notably heavy drinker, even by the standards of Cuomo Prime Time, and that he became aggressive and belligerent when he was very drunk.

2. Police Chief Link Strate:

   The initial two officers tried to separate several belligerent and uncooperative individuals when the suspect began to fire and shot a female victim.

3. Rosemary Young:

   It doesn't matter how a parent should come, if we come here belligerent, out of control, things of that nature, that's what you have the police for, but what I wear should never be an issue. I'm not revealing. I'm not doing anything. I don't have any weapons.

4. Jill Gann:

   He was very belligerent and aggressive.

5. Steve Goldman:

   There a relief that (China's selloff) didn't continue. There's a relief that there doesn't seem to be any belligerent tone coming out of Greece.

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