unwarlike
Averse to combat
Unwarlike describes a person, nation, or disposition not inclined toward war or military aggression.
An unwarlike people prefer diplomacy to combat; an unwarlike temperament avoids conflict: The unwarlike settlers had no defenses against raiders.
The word suggests peaceful by nature rather than merely peaceful at the moment.
Anti-violence believer
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- peaceableAverse to strife
- nonaggressiveNot inclined to fight
- dovishFavoring conciliation over aggression
conciliatory · diplomatic · harmonious · amicable · neutral · antiwar · nonbelligerent · nonmilitant
Moderate in intensity
- meekHumbly unassertive
- tenderSoft or sore
- softYielding to touch
- kindheartedNaturally sympathetic and caring
benevolent · humane · compassionate · merciful · lenient · nurturing · harmless · inoffensive
Not forceful or bold
- nonresistantNot fighting back
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- unaggressiveNot prone to hostility
- submissiveReadily yielding to control
yielding · compliant · deferential · nonconfrontational · retiring · timid · shrinking · unambitious
pacifist
Anti-violence believer
- nonviolentNot using physical force
- peaceableAverse to strife
- nonaggressiveNot inclined to fight
dovish · conciliatory · diplomatic · harmonious · amicable · neutral · antiwar · nonbelligerent · nonmilitant · unaggressive
mild
Moderate in intensity
kindhearted · benevolent · humane · compassionate · merciful · lenient · nurturing · harmless · inoffensive · lamblike
unassertive
Not forceful or bold
- nonresistantNot fighting back
- acquiescentAccepting without resistance
- unaggressiveNot prone to hostility
submissive · yielding · compliant · deferential · nonconfrontational · retiring · timid · shrinking · unambitious · uncompetitive
unwarlikewarlike
Disposed toward armed conflict
belligerent · militaristic · bellicose · martial · combative
unwarlikeaggressive
Hostile and confrontational
pugnacious · combative · belligerent · bellicose · hostile
war, warrior, warfare, warring, warlike, warship, wartime, warmonger, postwar