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Pronunciation:
[ wˈɔːla͡ɪk], [ wˈɔːlaɪk], [ w_ˈɔː_l_aɪ_k]
Warlike can be replaced by several different words, all of which describe a military or aggressive nature. Synonyms for warlike can include combative, belligerent, hostile, militant, pugnacious, aggressive, and bellicose. These words describe someone or something that is eager or willing to engage in battle or conflict. While warlike can refer to a person's demeanor or behavior, it can also describe the habits or characteristics of a group or nation. These synonyms can be used to convey a sense of intensity or danger, and are often used in discussions of politics, international relations, and military affairs.
Related words: war-like species, warlike people, warlike languages, warlike tendencies, warlike nations
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Similar words for warlike:
- aggressive (adjective)
- bellicose (adjective)
- belligerent (adjective)
- combative (adjective)
- hostile (adjective)
- hostile, battling (adjective)
- lawless (adjective)
- militant (adjective)
- military (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pugnacious (adjective)
- unfriendly (adjective)
- other synonyms
- bold
- combative
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Warlike:
adj.
• aggressive (adjective)- hawkish,
- pushy,
- forward,
- truculent,
- assertive,
- domineering,
- offensive,
- intrusive,
- determined,
- combative.
- have in for,
- hot tempered,
- on outs,
- more battling,
- have it for,
- flip,
- have bone pick,
- flippest,
- have bone to pick,
- have a bone pick,
- most battling,
- have chip on shoulder,
- have chip shoulder.
- fireeating,
- more triggerhappy,
- more fire-eating,
- more ructious,
- most fire-eating,
- trigger-happy,
- most trigger happy,
- more cussed,
- more trigger-happy,
- most fire eating,
- most gladiatorial,
- most fireeating,
- most ructious,
- more gladiatorial,
- more fire eating,
- triggerhappy,
- most trigger-happy,
- fire eating,
- strenuous,
- more fireeating,
- most cussed,
- more trigger happy,
- most triggerhappy.
- illdisposed,
- in-hospitable,
- un-favorable,
- more oppugnant,
- most disapproving,
- more ill disposed,
- un favorable,
- most opposite,
- unpropitious,
- un-kinder,
- most anti,
- most illdisposed,
- more anti,
- most unwelcoming,
- un kindest,
- more unwelcoming,
- un sociable,
- un kind,
- un kinder,
- more ill-disposed,
- un sympathetic,
- ill disposed,
- dis approving,
- un propitious,
- more disapproving,
- most ill disposed,
- most oppugnant,
- un-kindest,
- un-sociable,
- un welcoming,
- in hospitable,
- un-propitious,
- un-kind,
- most ill-disposed,
- dis-approving,
- un-welcoming,
- more illdisposed.
- dis orderly,
- insurgent,
- more anarchistic,
- more infringing,
- most anarchical,
- non compliant,
- in-subordinate,
- dis ordered,
- most piratical,
- more terrorizing,
- un-tamed,
- un cultivated,
- dis obedient,
- untamed,
- most anarchic,
- in fringing,
- un-restrained,
- un-civilized,
- non conformist,
- dis-orderly,
- dis-ordered,
- more anarchical,
- in-fringing,
- more recusant,
- more unpeaceful,
- more anarchic,
- un tamed,
- un-peaceful,
- un civilized,
- most infringing,
- in subordinate,
- most anarchistic,
- more piratical,
- un peaceful,
- most recusant,
- most unpeaceful,
- un-cultivated,
- dis-obedient,
- most terrorizing.
- self assertive,
- selfassertive,
- most assertory,
- up arms,
- self-assertive,
- more contending,
- most contending,
- most combating,
- more combating,
- more assertory.
- anti,
- aggressive,
- militant,
- military,
- unfriendly,
- unwelcoming,
- hostile,
- anarchistic,
- Assertory,
- recusant,
- ructious,
- in arms,
- anarchical,
- anarchic,
- scrappy,
- belligerent,
- on the outs,
- have for,
- ill-disposed,
- bellicose,
- battleful,
- martial,
- gladiatorial,
- pugnacious,
- resentful,
- lawless,
- have a bone to pick,
- hottempered,
- non-conformist,
- unpeaceful,
- flipper,
- unneighborly,
- piratical,
- fire-eating,
- Oppugnant,
- non-compliant,
- have it in for,
- at loggerheads,
- anti-social.
- dis agreeable,
- mis-anthropic,
- more against,
- not on speaking terms,
- not speaking terms,
- in auspicious,
- un congenial,
- mis anthropic,
- un-friendly,
- dis affected,
- more grudging,
- most grudging,
- more estranged,
- un-congenial,
- dis-affected,
- un friendlier,
- un-charitable,
- most unneighborly,
- un-friendliest,
- most against,
- un friendly,
- un-neighborly,
- most estranged,
- un-friendlier,
- more unneighborly,
- un neighborly,
- dis-agreeable,
- un friendliest,
- un charitable,
- in-auspicious,
- anti social.
n.
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•
- active duty,
- aggressor,
- air cover,
- bombed-out,
- active service,
- Beleaguered,
- battle cry,
- black out.
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- peace,
- militaristic.
Other synonyms:
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- all-out,
- tactical,
- paramilitary.
- argumentative,
- Brawly,
- bad-tempered,
- threatening,
- barbarous,
- arms,
- quarrelsomeness,
- pugilistic,
- nasty,
- Palestric,
- ill-tempered,
- jingoist,
- Armigerous,
- contestant,
- scathing,
- aggressiveness,
- obstreperous,
- ferocious,
- Chippy,
- feral,
- agonistic,
- sanguineous,
- disputatious,
- belligerency,
- brave,
- jingoistic,
- sullen,
- war,
- cruelty,
- bloody,
- fierceness,
- ferocity,
- adverse,
- virulent,
- surgeon,
- serviceman,
- brutality,
- chivalrous,
- fighter,
- atrocity,
- competitive,
- ruffianism,
- armament,
- harshness,
- contentiousness,
- disputant,
- unpeaceable,
- warrior,
- arm,
- struggling,
- sanguinary,
- chauvinistic,
- belligerence,
- warriorlike,
- hand-to-hand,
- fierce,
- unpleasant,
- physician,
- Contesting,
- combatant,
- jingo,
- war-ridden,
- blackout,
- pugnacity,
- soldiery,
- chalybeate,
- Battling,
- feisty,
- soldierlike,
- succeed,
- unpacific,
- soldier,
- striving,
- chauvinist,
- surly,
- confrontational,
- violent,
- enemy,
- full of fight,
- Palestrical,
- harsh,
- gallant,
- troops,
- friendly,
- savage,
- bloody-minded,
- magnanimous,
- army,
- doctor,
- soldier-like,
- provocative,
- steps,
- discordant,
- contention,
- antagonistic,
- litigious,
- assaultive,
- jingoish,
- truculence,
- inherit,
- saber rattling,
- force,
- rival,
- rude.
How to use "Warlike" in context?
To be "warlike" means to be in a state of combat readiness. Wars are often fought with weapons and tactics designed to inflict maximum damage on the opposition. Warriors often exhibit a sense of bravado and excitement, willing to give their all in the heat of battle. War is a crucible in which men and women are tested and pushed to their physical and emotional limits. It can be a horrific experience, but it can also be intensely rewarding.
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