warlike

Other forms of warlike

comparative

warliker·

superlative

warlikest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about warlike

What does warlike mean?

warlike means "disposed to warfare or hard-line policies". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in warlike?

warlike has 2 syllables: war-like. The stress falls on "war". In IPA it is /ˈwɔɹˌlaɪk/.

What is another word for warlike?

Close synonyms include militant, hawkish, martial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is warlike a common word?

warlike is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with warlike?

28 words rhyme with warlike. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.