Synonyms of hawks

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noun

plural of hawk

as in militants

one who urges or attempts to cause a war

the hawks were claiming that without war there could be no peace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• militants
• militarists
• warmongers
• war hawks
• jingoists
• jingoes
• agitators
• combatants
• firebrands
• instigators
• belligerents
• fomenters
• chauvinists
• rabble-rousers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• doves
• pacifists
• peacemakers
• peaceniks
• peacekeepers

hawks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hawk

as in peddles

to sell from place to place usually in small quantities

a determined bootstrapper who went from hawking newspapers on the street corner to running a media empire

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peddles
• markets
• distributes
• wholesales
• retails
• deals (in)
• trades (in)
• high-pressures
• merchandizes
• merchandises
• vends
• hustles