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

Some Iranians want their government’s hawks to see for themselves. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 17 July 2026

The budget resolution has a top line of $95 billion in spending, and does not include instructions for offsets, a sore point for fiscal hawks who oppose spending without budgetary cuts to reduce spending levels. — Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 17 July 2026

Republicans need near-unanimous support to pass a party-line bill, but fiscal hawks and Senate Republicans are not fully on board. — Jarrell Dillard, Washington Post, 16 July 2026

But Republican deficit hawks are skeptical of the big budget numbers, despite support for the war within their ranks. — ABC News, 14 July 2026

Advertisement The legislation had been one of the few major foreign policy initiatives drawing support from both parties, owing in large part to Graham's longstanding relationships with both Republican hawks and Democratic supporters of Ukraine. — Nik Popli, Time, 13 July 2026

Map your local predator threat, from raccoons and hawks to foxes, dogs and rats, and build defenses around what actually lives in your area. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026

Raccoons, foxes, hawks, dogs and rats each require different defenses. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026

Dressed in revealing clothing, some were visibly nervous; others appeared calm as nearby pimps watched over them like hawks. — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 30 June 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