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

There have long been owls and hawks who live outside of zoos in New York, and there’s a fate that awaits them. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2026

The document cites a 2018 report partially funded by Fish and Game that found the bird’s population had increased to about 18,810 pairs — Swainson’s hawks tend toward monogamy. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026

Animal lovers can also visit The Raptor Center to see eagles, owls, and hawks up close while learning about wildlife rehabilitation. — Samantha Lande, Midwest Living, 30 July 2026

So too are scavengers like eagles and hawks that feast on rotting remains. — Todd Symons, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

But McGurk and other hawks countered that Iran’s aerial attack had nearly succeeded. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Americans now live in a world where liberal Zionists are no longer the outer, most Palestine-sympathetic edge of a coalition dominated by militant Zionist hawks. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

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

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