MILITANTS Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

militants

noun

plural of militant

as in partisans

one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause militants within the movement insisted that there could be no compromise on the issue

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Recent Examples of militants Earlier this year, affiliates of al Qaeda and Islamic State both carried out attacks on the civilian airport and military airbase, contributing to initial suspicion that militants could have been behind the assault on the capital. — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 Jihadi militants had on two occasions this year attacked the airport, a strategic hub that hosts a Nigerien air force base as well as the headquarters of the joint Niger-Burkina Faso-Mali military force. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 There is also an insurgency by Islamic militants in the country’s northeast that has lasted more than a decade. — Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Israel erected a monument to the fallen Altalena militants in 2008 on the Tel Aviv seafront and has been searching for the wreckage for years, with crews often working in secrecy. — CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Islamabad accuses Afghanistan’s Taliban government of harboring militants who carry out attacks inside Pakistan — a charge Kabul denies. — Abdul Qahar Afghan, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026 Al-Nuzaili claimed that dozens of Houthi militants had been killed or wounded. — Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

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Harald paid tribute to the Norwegian partisans who had fought alongside the Soviets during World War II, helping to restore the memory of a segment of the population that had long been marginalized in the official narrative of the war.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
This week’s Pollwatcher answers a reader’s question about how polls select respondents and highlights how partisans in one state have flipped on a Democratic senator.

— Scott Clement, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of partisans

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For years, its players and agents and team officials and fans have argued that its professional athletes are, by their very existence, activists.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
An art installation by the Guerilla Girls, anonymous artist activists, invited fans to air their grievances on chalkboards.

— James Pollard, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of activists

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The book is full of stories of villains, like the venomous heroin that took so many of Seattle’s crusaders as well as the music industry that never quite understood where Soundgarden belonged.

— Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 9 June 2026
The facility remains popular among anti-immigrant crusaders, and Attorney General Uthmeier’s campaign store sells Alligator Alcatraz bumper stickers, T-shirts, and caps.

— Eric Schlosser, The Atlantic, 4 June 2026

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