DOVISH Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

dovish

adjective

as in pacifist

inclined to live in peace and to avoid war the party's dovish faction has regarded the war as a bad idea from the get-go

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Recent Examples of dovish There’s room for the yen to weaken if assumptions about the pace of Bank of Japan policy tightening become more dovish, according to Goldman Sachs. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026 And with no serious domestic pressure to adopt more dovish policies, there is little standing in the way of Israel’s annexation of the West Bank and its complete destruction of Gaza. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 The one-two dovish punch (behavior that is more supportive of keeping interest rates low) was enough to trim rate-hike expectations sharply. — Benzinga, Freep.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Such a dovish approach risks market instability and rising long-term rates. — David Zhang, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026 But while the short term offers little room to cut, Wall Street knows Warsh has dovish longer-term views. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 June 2026 New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has adopted a hybrid dovish-hawkish stance on monetary policy over the past two years. — Andrew Moran, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2026

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To cut straight to the point, this is a film in which China symbolically emerges from the rubble of the Iraq War as a pacifistic patriarch and guardian of all the world’s children.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
The nonprofit running the longstanding contest announced that the bear, known for his pacifist nature, was the winner Tuesday with more than 100,000 votes, giving him a close win over Bear 910 with just over 50% of the poll.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of pacifist

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National Aquarium cams The National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland, operates a series of cameras of marine animals, including reef sharks, jellyfish and fish in a Pacific coral reef.

— Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 1 June 2026
These conditions tend to suppress Atlantic hurricane development, whereas the eastern and central Pacific hurricane seasons are typically more active during strong El Niño events.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 1 June 2026

Definition of pacific

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The majority of protesters have been peaceful, but violence on the fringes is having an impact, with a daily menu of fireworks thrown at police and volleys of tear gas fired at high school pupils.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
Anger boiling over While many of the latest demonstrations have been peaceful, anger has boiled over.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026

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