Synonyms of doves

doves

noun

plural of dove

1

as in pacifists

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pacifists
• peaceniks
• peacemakers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hawks
• warmongers
• militarists
• nationalists
• jingoes
• war hawks
• chauvinists

2

as in angels

an innocent or gentle person

he's a dove who wouldn't hurt a fly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angels
• innocents
• sheep
• lambs
• colts
• suckers
• saints
• virgins
• fledglings
• pigeons
• cherubs
• cubs
• babes
• greenhorns
• newbies
• naïfs
• tenderfeet
• ingenues
• dupes
• weaklings
• softies
• wimps
• saps

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wolves
• beasts
• clowns
• heels
• snakes
• bullies
• toughs
• rowdies
• creeps
• jerks
• curs
• sharks
• roughnecks
• skunks
• boors
• jokers
• louts
• cretins
• devils
• slobs
• knaves
• scoundrels
• rascals
• villains
• miscreants
• rogues
• churls
• cads
• reprobates
• no-goods
• louses
• scamps
• scalawags
• stinkers
• varlets
• rapscallions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of doves

In Christianity, doves are associated with the Holy Spirit and symbolize purity and faith. — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Joe Eula, a designer friend of Halston's hired by Paley, wanted to have doves fly over the wedding, and Stone wanted to have a traditional march down the aisle. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026

McGill’s superbly nuanced calls, runs, and trills elicited commentary from a second audience, perched in the trees above—a colloquium of finches, towhees, titmice, kingbirds, juncos, and Eurasian collared doves. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Designed by Marc Lalique in 1951, the bottle is fashioned from twisted glass, with a stopper in the shape of two soaring doves. — April Long, Allure, 24 June 2026

The agreement boosts the wait-and-see approach advocated by doves at the Fed, who are generally more willing to keep rates lower. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 16 June 2026

Think of doves in paintings of the Annunciation or dead pheasants in Dutch still-life paintings. — Literary Hub, 10 June 2026

Despite the uncertainty that war has brought to the wider Gulf region, Saudi Arabia is not yet fully polarized into hardened groups of hawks and doves. — Alexis Montambault-Trudelle, The Conversation, 9 June 2026

The program has expanded to include guinea pigs, chickens, doves, goats, turtles and rabbits. — ABC News, 31 May 2026