warmonger

noun

war·​mon·​ger ˈwȯr-ˌməŋ-gər  -ˌmäŋ- 

: one who urges or attempts to stir up war

warmongering

ˈwȯr-ˌməŋ-g(ə-)riŋ  -ˌmäŋ- 

noun

Synonyms of warmonger

• hawk
• militarist
• militant

Examples of warmonger in a Sentence

fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition

Recent Examples on the Web

Al-Akkad reserves his harshest criticism not for the obvious warmongers of American empire, explicit in their jingoism and nationalist fervor, but for the decorous liberal centrists, complacent in their institutional comfort, their birthright virtue too easily claimed. —Literary Hub, 2 Dec. 2025

People of peace have no PR machine and no media budget - so media narratives are skewed toward warmongers. —Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

Democrats saw him as a master of dark arts, beholden to his former pals in the oil industry and a warmonger who goaded the nation to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help his benefactors. —Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Nov. 2025

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on November 3 at age 84, enjoyed some unexpected respect in his last years from Democrats who once viewed him as a Machiavellian warmonger. —Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1817, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for warmonger

• fishmonger
• ironmonger
• longer

Kids Definition

warmonger

noun

war·​mon·​ger ˈwȯ(ə)r-ˌməŋ-gər  -ˌmäŋ- 

: one who urges or attempts to stir up war

warmongering

-g(ə-)riŋ 

noun