hawk - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail

Synonyms

• hawk

More generic

• bird of prey
• raptor
• raptorial bird

More specific

• Accipiter cooperii
• Accipiter gentilis
• Accipiter nisus
• Buteo buteo
• Buteo jamaicensis
• Buteo lagopus
• Buteo lineatus
• Cooper's hawk
• Pandion haliaetus
• Pernis apivorus
• blue darter
• buteonine
• buzzard
• chicken hawk
• eyas
• falcon
• fish eagle
• fish hawk
• goshawk
• harrier
• harrier eagle
• hen hawk
• honey buzzard
• kite
• osprey
• red-shouldered hawk
• red-tailed hawk
• redtail
• rough-legged hawk
• roughleg
• sea eagle
• short-toed eagle
• sparrow hawk
• tercel
• tercelet
• tiercel

Related

• Accipitridae
• family Accipitridae

Noun

a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to hold or carry mortar

Synonyms

• hawk
• mortarboard

More generic

• board

Noun

an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

Synonyms

• hawk
• war hawk

More generic

• militarist
• warmonger

Opposite / Antonyms

• dove

Verb

clear mucus or food from one's throat

Synonyms

• clear the throat
• hawk

More generic

• cough

Verb

hunt with hawks

Synonyms

• hawk

More generic

• hunt
• hunt down
• run
• track down

Verb

sell or offer for sale from place to place

Synonyms

• hawk
• huckster
• monger
• peddle
• pitch
• vend

More generic

• deal
• sell
• trade

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