1. (a.) Fit for war; disposed for war; as, a warlike state; a warlike disposition\.

2. (a.) Belonging or relating to war; military; martial.

aggressive antagonistic battling bellicose belligerent bloodthirsty bloody bloody-minded chauvinist chauvinistic combative contending contentious contestant contesting disputant enemy ferocious fierce fighting full of fight hawkish hostile inimical jingo jingoish jingoist jingoistic martial militant militaristic military offensive pugnacious quarrelsome saber-rattling sanguinary sanguineous savage scrappy soldierlike soldierly striving struggling trigger-happy truculent unfriendly unpacific unpeaceable unpeaceful warmongering warring