'Warlike' definitions:
Definition of 'warlike'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Warlike'
From: GCIDE
- Warlike \War"like`\, a.
- 1. Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition. [1913 Webster]
- Old Siward, with ten thousand warlike men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Belonging or relating to war; military; martial. [1913 Webster]
- The great archangel from his warlike toil Surceased. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Martial; hostile; soldierly. See Martial. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'warlike'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressive,
- antagonistic,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- combative,
- contending,
- contentious,
- contestant,
- contesting,
- disputant,
- enemy,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- full of fight,
- hawkish,
- hostile,
- inimical,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military,
- offensive,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- striving,
- struggling,
- trigger-happy,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- warmongering,
- warring