Synonyms for hawkish
- adjective
Most common
militant warlike bellicose unpeaceful jingoistic jingoist bellicist warhungry
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Bellicose
bellicose, militant, warlike, unpeaceful, belligerent, philopolemic rare
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Resembling a hawk in appearance or behaviour.
Example sentences
- militant He was the head of the League of Militant Atheists.
- warlike Under peaceful conditions, the warlike man attacks himself.
- bellicose Such a bellicose attitude won't win you any friends.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| hawkish | rising | |
| militant | steady | |
| warlike | falling | |
| bellicose | steady | |
| unpeaceful | steady | |
| jingoistic | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- warlike2
- 8 letters
- militant3, jingoist
- 9 letters
- bellicose3, bellicist, warhungry
- 10 letters
- jingoistic4, unpeaceful
- 11 letters
- belligerent4
- 12 letters
- philopolemic
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (warlike2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- batailleur
- Italiano
- battagliero
- Deutsch
- kampflustig