Antonyms of noun dove

1 of 5 senses of dove

Sense 2
dove, peacenik -- (someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations)
       Antonym of hawk (Sense 2)
      => hawk, war hawk -- (an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dove

5 senses of dove

Sense 1
dove -- (any of numerous small pigeons)
       => pigeon -- (wild and domesticated birds having a heavy body and short legs)

Sense 2
dove, peacenik -- (someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations)
       => pacifist, pacificist, disarmer -- (someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes)

Sense 3
Columba, Dove -- (a constellation in the southern hemisphere near Puppis and Caelum)
       INSTANCE OF=> constellation -- (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)

Sense 4
squab, dove -- (flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled)
       => poultry -- (flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)

Sense 5
dove -- (an emblem of peace)
       => emblem, allegory -- (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dive

3 senses of dive

Sense 1
dive, plunge, plunk -- (drop steeply; "the stock market plunged")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")

Sense 2
dive -- (plunge into water; "I was afraid to dive from the board into the pool")
       => submerge, submerse -- (sink below the surface; go under or as if under water)

Sense 3
dive -- (swim under water; "the children enjoyed diving and looking for shells")
       => swim -- (travel through water; "We had to swim for 20 minutes to reach the shore"; "a big fish was swimming in the tank")