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. Tomoaki Shishido:

   Even dovish policy makers such as (Boston Fed President Eric) Rosengren are saying markets expectations are too low. And it is not hard to imagine many at the Fed feels current market rates are too low, so the Fed may try to urge markets to price in higher rates. On balance, we are more likely to have a hawkish surprise than a dovish surprise.

2. Sam Lynton-Brown:

   The key point for us after this data is that the U.S. side of the equation has not so far come into play on sterling, given our more hawkish view that the Fed will deliver a rate hike in September, we think there is a lot of room on the downside and target $1.24 in cable.

3. Macan Nia:

   As expected, she left the door pretty open for all options in her testimony. She was neither dovish nor hawkish here, they are likely to raise rates before June, and from June going forward, it will be very data dependent.

4. Pierre Bose:

   For the moment we've seen the headwind peak and that may stabilize this quarter, we've already seen a very significant amount of the euro's appreciation take effect on earnings so at this point in time what matters most is just how much more hawkish people become on the ECB.

5. Eric Donovan:

   This is the most dissent we've had in the current Fed; we had two hawkish dissenters on this decision.