COBELLIGERENT Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

cobelligerent

noun

Definition of cobelligerent

as in belligerent

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Recent Examples of cobelligerent Some American officials assert that as a matter of international law, the provision of weaponry and intelligence to the Ukrainian Army has made the United States a cobelligerent, an argument that some legal experts dispute. — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2022

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cobelligerent

Noun

The opening of negotiations with the Lebanese government, which is not a belligerent in the conflict, will not immediately affect fighting against Hezbollah.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2026
Qatar, host of the US’s Al Udeid Air Base, is effectively a belligerent of Iran, meaning that until hostilities cease, that helium isn’t getting through.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 Apr. 2026

Definition of belligerent

Noun

Far from stabilizing Lebanon, the multinational forces soon became targets and combatants in the widening war.

— KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Maybe it’s supposed to end this way — as admirers who became combatants, who bonded as only emperors can, then became close.

— Marcus Thompson II, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of combatant

Noun

Prosecutors said investigators traced the deaths of 118 eagles and 107 hawks directly to Branson.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026
However, the new chair repeatedly stressed his commitment to meeting the Fed’s inflation target, and many Wall Street observers took him to be an inflation hawk at heart.

— John Cassidy, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of hawk

Noun

Some of the jihadi militants in Nigeria have presented themselves as an alternative to the government in areas with limited government and security presence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Very few civil rights leaders, whether nonviolent or militant, moved to the island for good.

— Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026