pacifist

Definition of pacifist

Nouns

someone opposed to violence as a means of settling disputes
Synonyms:
disarmer, pacificist
Types:
dove, peacenik
someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations
Type of:
adult, grownup
a fully developed person from maturity onward

Adjectives

opposed to war
Synonyms:
dovish, pacifistic
peaceable, peaceful
not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war

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Words that contain pacifist

pacifistic
 pacifistically