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warlike

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of warlike

feeling or displaying eagerness to fight

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

Synonyms of warlike

aggressive, agonistic, argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, contentious, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent

Words Related to warlike

antagonistic, fierce, hostile, hot-tempered

acidic, bearish, bilious, bristly, choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, disagreeable, dyspeptic, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, huffy, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, pettish, petulant, prickly, querulous, rude, snappish, snappy, stroppy [British], surly, testy, touchy, ugly, waspish

savage, vicious

battling, fighting, warring

Phrases Synonymous with warlike

Near Antonyms of warlike

anti-imperialist, antimilitarist, unwarlike

affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, complaisant, conciliatory, cordial, easygoing, friendly, genial, good-natured, good-tempered, gracious, ingratiating, kindhearted, obliging, pleasant, sociable

calm, quiet, relaxed, serene, tranquil

benign, gentle, kindly, mild

Antonyms of warlike

nonaggressive, nonbelligerent, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, unbelligerent, uncombative, uncontentious

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