Synonyms of warmonger

warmonger

noun

ˈwȯr-ˌməŋ-gər 

as in hawk

one who urges or attempts to cause a war

fortunately, the warmongers met with overwhelming opposition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hawk
• militarist
• militant
• jingoist
• agitator
• jingo
• firebrand
• combatant
• belligerent
• instigator
• war hawk
• fomenter
• chauvinist
• rabble-rouser

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pacifist
• dove
• peacemaker
• peacenik
• peacekeeper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of warmonger

Mayor Mamdani is free from the pressures of lobbyists and warmongers who try to cultivate and flip rising stars. — Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2026

People of peace have no PR machine and no media budget - so media narratives are skewed toward warmongers. — Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025

Democrats saw him as a master of dark arts, beholden to his former pals in the oil industry and a warmonger who goaded the nation to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq to help his benefactors. — Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Nov. 2025

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died on November 3 at age 84, enjoyed some unexpected respect in his last years from Democrats who once viewed him as a Machiavellian warmonger. — Max Boot, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2025