Hostile Synonyms and Antonyms

hŏstəl, -tīl
Of or engaged in warfare
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. belligerent
  2. combatant
  3. militant
Having or showing an eagerness to fight
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. unfriendly
  2. antagonistic
  3. bellicose
  4. belligerent
  5. contentious
  6. hateful
  7. militant
  8. pugnacious
  9. opposed
  10. truculent
  11. warlike
  12. combative
  13. adverse
  14. aggressive
  15. antipathetic
  16. averse
  17. bitter
  18. contrary
  19. disaffected
  20. uncongenial
  21. discordant
  22. dissonant
  23. enemy
  24. feral
  25. glacial
  26. quarrelsome
  27. incongruous
  28. inimicable
  29. inimical
  30. irreconcilable
  31. scrappy
  32. malevolent
  33. martial
  34. mean
  35. mutinous
  36. provocative
  37. pugilistic
  38. rancorous
  39. rebellious
  40. repugnant
  41. sour
  42. umbrageous
  43. vehement
  44. venomous
  45. vicious
  46. virulent
Antonyms:
  1. amicable
Inclined to act in a hostile way
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. belligerent
  2. aggressive
  3. combative
  4. contentious
  5. militant
Antonyms:
  1. friendly
  2. kind
  3. nice
  4. gentle
  5. welcoming
  6. agreeable
  7. amicable
Feeling or showing unfriendliness
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. inimical
  2. unfriendly
Troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. animosity
  2. animus
  3. antagonism
  4. antipathy
  5. backlash
  6. bellicosity
  7. cleavage
  8. combativeness
  9. disaffection
  10. discordance
  11. fifth-column
  12. friction
  13. hostility
  14. irreconcilability
  15. pugnacity
  16. rancor
  17. rencontre
  18. truculence
  19. umbrage
  20. vehemence
Antonyms:
  1. friendly
Synonyms:
(Verb)
  1. incur
  2. polarize

Words Related to Hostile

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Hostile Sentence Examples

  • Dulce wasn't friendly, but she wasn't hostile either.

  • His hostile gaze met hers.

  • Never had she seen Alex so hostile - not even with Josh.

  • The environment in the Arctic Circle is very hostile.

  • He tucked his hands into his pockets and fixed Connie with a hostile stare.

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