Synonyms of dovish

dovish

adjective

as in pacifist

inclined to live in peace and to avoid war

the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pacifist
• pacific
• peaceful
• neutral
• benevolent
• peaceable
• serene
• quiet
• mild
• nonaggressive
• antiwar
• irenic
• calm
• tranquil
• gentle
• amiable
• nonbelligerent
• unwarlike
• kind
• unaggressive
• submissive
• relaxed
• antimilitarist
• affable
• amicable
• kindly
• noncombative
• antiviolence
• antimilitaristic
• genial
• yielding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hawkish
• warlike
• martial
• bloodthirsty
• militaristic
• militarist
• aggressive
• belligerent
• bellicose
• combative
• hostile
• contentious
• pugnacious
• discordant
• truculent
• quarrelsome
• antagonistic
• scrappy
• fierce
• argumentative
• gladiatorial
• hot-tempered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dovish

There’s room for the yen to weaken if assumptions about the pace of Bank of Japan policy tightening become more dovish, according to Goldman Sachs. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

And with no serious domestic pressure to adopt more dovish policies, there is little standing in the way of Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and its complete destruction of Gaza. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

The one-two dovish punch (behavior that is more supportive of keeping interest rates low) was enough to trim rate-hike expectations sharply. — Benzinga, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Such a dovish approach risks market instability and rising long-term rates. — David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

But while the short term offers little room to cut, Wall Street knows Warsh has dovish longer-term views. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 June 2026

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has adopted a hybrid dovish-hawkish stance on monetary policy over the past two years. — Andrew Moran, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2026