Meaning

3 senses
  1. Pertaining to a dove; dove-like.

    taubenartig

    голуби́ныйgolubínyj

    голуби́нийholubýnyj

  2. (figuratively)Peaceful, conciliatory.

    friedsam, friedliebend

    ми́рныйmírnyj, примири́тельныйprimirítelʹnyj, пацифи́стскийpacifístskij

  3. Disfavoring increasing interest rates; inclined against increasing interest rates.

    The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market.

    taubenhaft

More definitions
  • opposed to war

Examples

1 sentences
  1. He's both a hawkish dove and a dovish hawk.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
like a dove:
Русский
By meaning 2
like a dove:
peaceful, conciliatory, pacifist:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
like a dove:
peaceful, conciliatory, pacifist:
disfavoring increasing interest rates:

Forms

more dovish, most dovish
Comparativemore dovish Lesson
Superlativemost dovish Lesson

regular

Synonyms

12 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relateddovishness
Deriveddovishly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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