Synonyms of hawks

hawks 1 of 2

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

2 of 2

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
• merchandises
• vends
• hustles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hawks

Noun

Conversations range from meme prompts regarding the deadliness of hawks versus gorillas to summer internships. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

Debt hawks have been warning policymakers for some time that the nation’s fiscal path is unsustainable, and the issue is increasingly rising up voters’ agendas in the run-up to midterms later this year. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Trump has largely ignored the dwindling number of fiscal hawks in his Republican Party, championing prolific spending across his two terms. — Reuters, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026

Trump has largely ignored the dwindling number of fiscal hawks in his Republican Party, championing heavy spending across his two terms. — David Lawder, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

But hawks on both sides are already casting this lull as an opportunity for both countries to hone their weapons for the next fight. — Gloria Xiong, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

The Wildberries attacks have played into the hands of Russian hawks who urge escalating the war, said pro-Kremlin political expert Sergei Markov. — ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026

Gorbachev, still consolidating power, was taking a risk by bucking anti-American hawks back in Moscow and standing with Reagan to join him in officially ruling out nuclear war as a rational instrument of policy. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2026

Mount Olympus is also home to 30 species of mammals and 100 species of birds, with birdwatchers spotting golden eagles, peregrine falcons, and hawks soaring above the mountain’s peak. — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Verb

The 59-year-old also hawks a jewelry line for HSN and is a partner for hair-extension brand Locks and Mane. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026

One does detect in Iran hawks a kind of 'will to destruction' and hatred of boring, civilized diplomacy. — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2026

Thinking about fashion as a career, Schiaparelli hawks her sketches. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2026

Her Sharon Coombs is a high-end insurance broker who hawks pricey policies to wealthy clients, sugaring her pitch with a hint of seduction. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026