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Synonyms for hawk

17 synonyms
2 antonyms
2 meanings

verb
noun

Most common

pitch flog monger huckster

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Sell

sell, monger, peddle, huckster, vend, tout, flog, pitch, spruik AU

Other

hork slang

Noun

1. War hawk — an advocate of aggressive political positions and actions

war monger, war hawk, jingoist

Other

falcon, militarist, mortarboard, bellicist

Antonyms

All antonyms of hawk →

Definitions

v. 1
To hunt with a hawk.
n. 1
An advocate of aggressive political positions and actions.

Related words

Word family: hawk-beaked hawk-billed hawk-eyed hawk-eye hawkish hawkism hawklet hawklike
Phrases: mosquito hawk skeeter hawk fish hawk hawk moth war hawk hawk owl sharp-shinned hawk red-tailed hawk

Forms

Plural: hawks → jingoists, falcons, militarists, mortarboards…
Past participle: hawked
e.g. hawked → mongered, peddled, huckstered, vended…

Example sentences

pitch He listened to my pitch, so he must be interested.
flog He tried to flog his old bike, but no one would buy it.
monger To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.
huckster Another huckster trying to sell snake oil again.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
hawk		rising
pitch		steady
flog		rising
monger		steady
huckster		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: sell¹, tout¹, flog¹, vend, hork
5 letters: pitch¹
6 letters: falcon², peddle², monger², spruik
8 letters: huckster², jingoist
9 letters: bellicist
10 letters: militarist
11 letters: mortarboard

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (falcon² = 2 syllables).