Belligerent

Definitions: Belligerent

Belligerent

Adjective

1. Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone".

2. Engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war".

Noun

1. Someone who fights (or is fighting).

Date "belligerent" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1827. (references)

Synonyms: Belligerent

Synonyms: aggressive (adj), fighting (adj), militant (adj), war-ridden (adj), warring (adj), battler (n), combatant (n), fighter (n), scrapper (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Combatant	Noun: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough.
Contention	Competitive, rival; belligerent; contentious, combative, bellicose, unpeaceful; warlike; quarrelsome; pugnacious; pugilistic, gladiatorial; palestric, palestrical.
Warfare	Unpacific, unpeaceful; belligerent, combative, armigerous, bellicose, martial, warlike; military, militant; soldier-like, soldierly.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Belligerent

English words defined with "belligerent": aggressive ♦ belligerently ♦ Contraband of war ♦ fire-eater ♦ hostilely, hothead ♦ right of search ♦ Seguestration ♦ warpath, with hostility. (references)

Specialty definitions using "belligerent": military necessity ♦ Stone. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Belligerent Benjamin (1912)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Belligerent Miss Boynton (reference) Belligerent reprisals (reference) Discipline Strategies for the Bored Belligerent and Ballistic in Your Classroom (reference) Israel the peaceful belligerent, 1967-79 (reference) Reluctant Belligerent American Entry Int (reference) (more book examples)
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Author	Date	Quotation
Treaty of Versailles	1919	The graves of prisoners of war and interned civilians who are nationals of the different belligerent States and have died in captivity shall be properly maintained in accordance with Article 225 of the present Treaty. (reference)
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Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Poland	Poland has neither belligerent neighbors nor insurgent groups. (references)
	Syria	Syria was an active belligerent in the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, which resulted in Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights and the city of Quneitra. (references)
	North Korea	The military demarcation line (MDL) of separation between the belligerent sides at the close of the Korean war forms North Korea's boundary with South Korea. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	I will only observe that, according to my understanding of the matter, that right, so far from being denied by any of the belligerent powers, has been virtually admitted by all.
Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809	On the restoration of peace in Europe that portion of the general carrying trade which had fallen to our share during the war was abridged by the returning competition of the belligerent powers.
James Madison	1809-1817	This unexceptionable course could not avail against the injustice and violence of the belligerent powers.
James Monroe	1817-1825	The attention of the Government has been drawn with great solicitude to other subjects, and particularly to that relating to a state of maritime war, involving the relative rights of neutral and belligerent in such wars.
John Quincy Adams	1825-1829	During the war between the Governments of Buenos Ayres and of Brazil frequent collisions between the belligerent acts of power and the rights of neutral commerce occurred.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Belligerent" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "Belligerent" is used about 68 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	94.12%	64	42,009
Noun (singular)	5.88%	4	175,879
Total	100.00%	68	N/A

Expressions using "belligerent": belligerent rights ♦ belligerent side ♦ the belligerent powers. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "belligerent": non-belligerent, ultra-belligerent.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "belligerent"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		phesëmarës e rrahjes, ndërluftues (combatant, warring). (various references)

Arabic		‏مولع بالقتال (bellicose, combatant, combative, pugnacious, truculent), ‏محارب (combatant, fighter, militant, warrior), ‏مشترك بالحرب, ‏دولة محاربة. (various references)

Bulgarian		воюваща страна (combatant), воюващ. (various references)

Chinese		好战 (militance, militant). (various references)

Czech		výbojný (offensive), válèící strana, válèící, svárlivý (argumentative, bellicose, bitchy, cantankerous, contentious, quarrelsome, termagant), útoèný (aggressive, offensive, rampant), agresivní (truculent). (various references)

Farsi		متحارب , متخاصم (Adversary, Hostile, Party), جنگجو (Bellicose, Comatant, Martial, Pugnacious, Warrior), داخل درجنگ . (various references)

Finnish		sotaa käyvä. (various references)

French		belligérant. (various references)

German		streitlustig (aggressiv, aggressive, argumentative). (various references)

Greek		φιλοπόλεμοσ (bellicose, jingo, warlike), εμπόλεμοσ (warring). (various references)

Hebrew		מתקיף (aggressor, assailant, attacker, offensive, raider), לוחמ� י (militant), לוחם (combatant, crusader, fighter, soldier, warrior), או�"ב מלחמ�" (bellicose, pugnacious). (various references)

Hungarian		hadviselõ fél, hadviselõ (at war). (various references)

Italian		belligerante. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		喧嘩腰 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うせ�"てき, け�"か�"し. (various references)

Korean		호� � (Aggressive, militant). (various references)

Manx		troiddagh (bellicose, bickering). (various references)

Norwegian		krigførende. (various references)

Pig Latin		elligerentbay

Portuguese		beligerante, agressivo (aggressive, assertive, ill-considered, offensive, pushy, truculent). (various references)

Romanian		beligerant (warring). (various references)

Russian		воюющий (warring). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zaraćena strana, zaraćen (warring), ratoboran (bellicose, combative, militant, pugnacious, truculent, warlike). (various references)

Spanish		beligerante. (various references)

Swedish		krigförande. (various references)

Turkish		savaşan devlet, savaşan (combatant, fighting, warring), savaşçı (at, bellicose, combatant, fighter, fighting, martial, trigger-happy, warlike, warrior), savaş durumundaki, münakaşacı (argumentative, controversial, controversialist), kavgacı (aggressive, bellicose, combatant, combative, contentious, disagreeable, disputatious, fighter, litigious, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ruffian, scrappy, spoiling for a fight, turbulent, warlike, wrangler), dövüşçü. (various references)

Ukranian		воююча сторона (combatant, militant), воюючий (warring). (various references)

Vietnamese		tham chiến (combatant), phía tham chiến, người tham chiến, nước tham chiến. (various references)

Welsh		rhyfelog, rhyfelblaid. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	polemikos. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "belligerent": belligerently, belligerents. (additional references)
	Words ending with "belligerent": cobelligerent, nonbelligerent, unbelligerent. (additional references)
	Words containing "belligerent": cobelligerents, nonbelligerents. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Belligerent" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baligerent, balligari, belegerent, beligarent, beligerant, beligerent, bellegerent, bellgerent, belligarent, belligerant, belligeret, belligerrennt, belligerrent, belligirent, belligrent, biligerent, billigerent. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "belligerent" (pronounced buli"jerunt)
6	-i" j er u n t	refrigerant.
4	-er u n t	accelerant, afferent, aspirant, cormorant, deodorant, different, efferent, expectorant, exuberant, ignorant, intolerant, irreverent, itinerant, odorant, operant, reverent, tolerant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irritant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-e-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-r-t"
	-2 letters: greenbelt, rebelling, retelling.
	-3 letters: beetling, beltline, billeter, gerbille, gleetier, greenlet, trebling.
	-4 letters: beeline, beetler, beignet, belling, belting, berline, genteel, gentile, gentler, gilbert, gillnet, greenie, integer, leering, legible, libelee, libeler, rebegin, reeling, ringlet, teenier, telling, tingler, treeing.
	-5 letters: beetle, begirt, belier, belter, berlin, biller, billet, binger, eelier, elegit, engirt, entire, entree, eterne, gentil, gentle, gerbil.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-e-e-g-i-l-l-n-r-t"
	+1 letter: belligerents.
	+2 letters: belligerently, cobelligerent, unbelligerent.
	+3 letters: cobelligerents, nonbelligerent.
	+4 letters: nonbelligerents.
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