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- pronunciation:
- k
 m
bae
tnt
[or]
kam
b
tnt
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
someone or something that engages in combat.
The battle was fierce, and many combatants on both sides were killed.- similar words:
- militant
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| related words: |
belligerent, enemy, foe, warrior |
adjective + (n.)combatant
alien, armed, designated, distant, equal, illegal, lawful, legitimate, principal, so-called, unlawful, willing
verb + (n.)combatant
capture, classify, declare, deem, designate, detain, disarm, distinguish, hold, overwhelm, separate, supply, torture, treat
(n.)combatant
+ verb
arm, await, commit, fight, justify, kill, suspect
noun + (n.)combatant
capability, citizen, classification, combat, custody, designation, detainee, detention, determination, distinction, enemy, label, militia, refugee, review, status, surface, suspect, target, terrorist
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
fighting, or tending to fight.
- antonyms:
- neutral
- similar words:
- belligerent
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| related words: |
belligerent |
adverb + (adj.)combatant
often
(adj.)combatant
+ noun
command, commander, counsel, group, hearing, nation, ship, tribunal
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The word combatant
contains the following part:
-ant, -ent
Latin
adjective- and noun-forming suffix
that means (in adjectives) doing the action denoted by the verb root; (in nouns) one who or that which does the action denoted by the verb root.
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ant
, -ent
forms adjectives and, to a much lesser extent, nouns from Latin verb stems such as fid in confident
and stud in student
. This suffix is the equivalent in Latin of the "-ing" inflection in English. Many adjectives ending in -ant
, -ent
have a corresponding noun ending in -ance, -ence, -ancy, -ency.
Example words:
aberrant, accident, accidental, adherent, adjacent, affluent, agent, alterant, ambient, antecedent, applicant, arrogant, benevolent, coherent, combatant, complacent, confidant, confident, consequent, consultant, continent, conversant, current, defoliant, dependent, different, disinfectant, dissonant, dominant, efficient, eloquent, equilibrant, exorbitant, extravagant, fluent, hydrant, ignorant, important, inadvertent, incessant, incognizant, inconsonant, indignant, informant, itinerant, malevolent, miscreant, parent, participant, patient, precedent, predominant, president, prudent, pungent, recreant, reluctant, repugnant, resident, resonant, servant, significant, student, tenant, transcendent, vacant, vagrant, variant, verdant
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