Synonyms for hawkish
ˈhɔ kɪʃhawk·ish

Princeton's WordNet

1. militant, hawkish, warlikeadjective

   disposed to warfare or hard-line policies

   "militant nations"; "hawkish congressman"; "warlike policies"

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1. List of paraphrases for "hawkish":

   hardline, hard-line, warmongering

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1. Michael Tran:

   One of the major variables that's fueling the rally in oil prices is the market's perception that (Trump's) administration is taking an increasingly hawkish stance on foreign policy.

2. Kevin Madden:

   The Republican Party, because of the rise of ISIS, because of national security becoming so prominent ... has become much more hawkish.

3. Tom Roseen:

   While investors were keeping a keen eye on the FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) meeting, which concluded on Wednesday on a more hawkish note than some anticipated, taxable-fixed income mutual funds took in small amounts of net new money - $348 million-plus, with ETF investors ... withdrawing $700 million, interestingly, though, both investors types were net purchasers of municipal bond funds, injecting $877 million into conventional open-end funds and $314 million for ETFs, respectively.

4. John Carey:

   Some may have been fearing a more hawkish Fed, and that explains the rally we're seeing right now.

5. Kiran Kowshik:

   The bigger-picture driver for these movements you are seeing in emerging market currencies at least over the past two weeks, are signs of a more hawkish turn from central banks – including the ECB, Fed and the Bank of England, at the same time, when oil prices fall you tend to see inflation expectations fall as well – those two things together - nominal bond yields moving up and inflation expectations moving down - take real rates higher.