1
as in pacifist
a person who opposes war or warlike policies
the doves were in favor of using the surplus to improve the nation's schools and not its weapons systems
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2
as in angel
an innocent or gentle person
he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly
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Recent Examples of dove
Would our kind hosts have either doves or quail?
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither Sadat nor Begin were innocents or doves.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
What follows is a series of comical misadventures—navigating checkpoints, ruining a wedding, and even car theft—all in a desperate race to get the dove to a beauty pageant in Jerusalem.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
The killing of more than 60 Israelis in nine days propelled Netanyahu, the hard-liner, to defeat Peres, the dove, and win the election.
—Thomas Friedman, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
Neither Sadat nor Begin were innocents or doves.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
What follows is a series of comical misadventures—navigating checkpoints, ruining a wedding, and even car theft—all in a desperate race to get the dove to a beauty pageant in Jerusalem.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
The killing of more than 60 Israelis in nine days propelled Netanyahu, the hard-liner, to defeat Peres, the dove, and win the election.
—Thomas Friedman, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dove
Noun
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Every version of me is a pacifist.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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André Weil: Pacifist Border Crosser As geopolitical tensions increased worldwide in the 1930s, mathematician André Weil, a committed pacifist, sought to avoid French military service and emigrated to the U.S. Weil was on a research trip to Finland when World War II broke out in 1939.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
20 Aug. 2025
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For it is He who created the angels, and thus Memnoch, a fallen angel, who God basically sees as the loyal opposition.—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Nov. 2025
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The handsewn and carefully backstitched quilts feature colorful images of buffalo heads, turtles, eagles, angels and other patterns that come to Water in her dreams.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Remember Dolly the sheep, a clone born in 1996?—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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Made with ultra-soft sheep fur and lined with shearling, these are about as cushioning as a pair of slippers can get.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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His only companion is his cousin Don (Aidan Delbis), a young innocent who just wants to help Teddy, who serves as a Greek chorus/audience surrogate (and a representative of Lanthimos’ interest in childlike adults).—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
24 Oct. 2025
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Neither Sadat nor Begin were innocents or doves.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Hermann Nitsch crucified lambs and bulls, and Joseph Beuys attempted cohabitation with a coyote.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2025
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After a day of hiking or horseback riding across the pampas, guests gather for hearty Chilean meals of spit-roasted lamb and chargrilled steaks and pisco sours by the fire.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Dove.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dove. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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