JIHADISTS Synonyms

• a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)

• marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

• of or relating to or characteristic of Protestant fundamentalism or its adherents

• of or relating to or tending toward ideological fundamentalism

• an adherent of fundamentalist principles

• a supporter of fundamentalism

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

• in opposition to a civil authority or government

• a militant reformer

• disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

• showing a fighting disposition

• engaged in war

• of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root

• especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem

• (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule

• an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule

• a person who has radical ideas or opinions

• (mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity

• a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• (used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm

• markedly new or introducing radical change

• arising from or going to the root or source

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities

• of or relating to a jihad

• a Muslim engaged in what he considers to be a jihad