Synonyms of warlike

warlike

adjective

ˈwȯr-ˌlīk 

as in aggressive

feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

a seafarer's legend that the remote island was inhabited by a warlike and uncivilized tribe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• aggressive
• militant
• hostile
• bellicose
• contentious
• assaultive
• belligerent
• irritable
• combative
• pugnacious
• confrontational
• acidic
• fierce
• ugly
• quarrelsome
• savage
• agonistic
• feisty
• truculent
• gladiatorial
• argumentative
• vicious
• disputatious
• discordant
• scrappy
• chippy
• rude
• antagonistic
• on the warpath
• brawly
• fighting
• warring
• cross
• disagreeable
• peevish
• fretful
• petulant
• irascible
• choleric
• bilious
• querulous
• dyspeptic
• fractious
• ornery
• hot-tempered
• waspish
• snappish
• pettish
• testy
• surly
• bristly
• grouchy
• battling
• grumpy
• touchy
• crabby
• ill-tempered
• ill-natured
• bearish
• huffy
• stroppy
• ill-humored
• cranky
• prickly
• snappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• peaceful
• peaceable
• nonaggressive
• pacific
• unwarlike
• pleasant
• benevolent
• friendly
• amiable
• conciliatory
• nonbelligerent
• gracious
• cordial
• genial
• good-natured
• sociable
• amicable
• uncontentious
• easygoing
• affable
• complaisant
• calm
• quiet
• uncombative
• ingratiating
• unbelligerent
• kindhearted
• antimilitarist
• obliging
• serene
• tranquil
• mild
• benign
• gentle
• relaxed
• anti-imperialist
• good-tempered
• kindly

Examples of warlike in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The inclusion of protest songs and the desire of the local community together to fight off the invaders is imbued with warlike determination and revolutionary zeal. —Martin Dale, Variety, 17 May 2024

The group, which the ADL says emphasizes physical fitness and a warlike mentality, has focused mostly on disrupting events oriented toward the LGBTQ community, such as Drag Queen Story Hour readings for children. —Tavleen Tarrant, NBC News, 19 Feb. 2024

After a fiery speech, Mishima—obsessed with physical beauty and warlike vigor—killed himself with a sword. —Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023

Responding to her questionnaire, Cyril Connolly, the editor of Horizon magazine, pointed out that the aggressive aims of fascist states required a populace that was ‘rendered both warlike and servile’ – the ‘stultifying’, in other words, ‘of the human race’. —Sarah Watling, Time, 13 July 2023