Synonyms of militance

militance

noun

as in aggression

an inclination to fight or quarrel

the level of militance varied significantly among the activist groups

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggression
• aggressiveness
• hostility
• militancy
• defiance
• combativeness
• pugnacity
• fight
• assaultiveness
• bellicosity
• belligerence
• belligerency
• contentiousness
• feistiness
• truculence
• scrappiness
• quarrelsomeness
• disputatiousness
• antagonism
• militantness
• fierceness
• unfriendliness
• militarism
• imperialism
• irritability
• chip on one's shoulder
• jingoism
• irritableness
• fractiousness
• hyperaggressiveness
• peevishness
• crossness
• rudeness
• irascibility
• testiness
• disagreeableness
• orneriness
• surliness
• petulance
• querulousness
• crankiness
• fretfulness
• grouchiness
• acidity
• biliousness
• grumpiness
• captiousness
• pettishness
• waspishness
• huffiness
• irascibleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pacifism
• nonaggression
• friendliness
• antimilitarism
• benevolence
• sociability
• cordiality
• gentleness
• geniality
• amiability
• graciousness
• pleasantness
• affability
• anti-imperialism
• kindliness
• mildness
• antiaggression
• amicability
• complaisance
• amenability
• placability