Synonyms of fighters

fighters

noun

plural of fighter

1

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service

the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soldiers
• warriors
• marines
• raiders
• troopers
• veterans
• servicemen
• rangers
• recruits
• dragoons
• legionaries
• legionnaires
• knights
• regulars
• men-at-arms
• combatants
• partisans
• dogfaces
• musketeers
• Confederates
• infantrymen
• conscripts
• cavalrymen
• guerrillas
• cavaliers
• riflemen
• militiamen
• servicewomen
• archers
• artillerymen
• commandos
• doughboys
• foot soldiers
• guardsmen
• gunners
• paramilitaries
• champions
• cuirassiers
• cannoneers
• lancers
• crossbowmen
• Continentals
• spearmen
• GIs
• pikemen
• grunts
• noncombatants
• irregulars
• footmen
• carabineers
• minutemen
• draftees
• reservists
• enrollees
• jarheads
• Federals
• warhorses
• gendarmes
• mortarmen
• diggers
• lifers
• counterguerrillas
• gallowglasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians

2

as in boxers

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists

a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boxers
• gladiators
• pugilists
• prizefighters
• pugs
• heavyweights
• welterweights
• sluggers
• middleweights
• bantamweights
• palookas
• lightweights
• featherweights
• flyweights
• light heavyweights
• cruiserweights
• stumblebums
• superheavyweights

3

as in defendants

a person who takes part in a dispute

kept the two fighters apart until they had calmed down and could talk sensibly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defendants
• plaintiffs
• brawlers
• debaters
• contestants
• disputants
• advocates
• scrappers
• disputers
• arguers
• challengers
• squabblers
• bickerers
• quarrelers
• wranglers
• argufiers
• codefendants
• pleaders
• contenders
• skirmishers
• quibblers
• nitpickers
• pettifoggers
• fussers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fighters

Israel's domestic intelligence agency, Shin Bet, was alerted to the fact that Israeli SIM cards that had been distributed to Hamas fighters were activated — a sign of their imminent intention to cross into Israel. — Dov Lieber, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

The war killed more than 150,000 people, including fighters and civilians, and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters. — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

That campaign managed to expel the rebels from Aden, but the Houthis — tough mountain fighters who received Iranian training to field and eventually manufacture drones and missiles — proved a difficult adversary. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Modern stealth fighters depend on ground-level operational support to maintain peak combat readiness. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

Turkey for years battled Turkish Kurdish fighters based in northern Iraq before agreeing this year to a peace deal. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Once the sun rose, a lone Halifax bomber wouldn’t last long against German fighters. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026

The United States and its allies still need exquisite aircraft, nuclear submarines, fifth-generation stealth fighters, and other high-end capabilities. — Dan Driscoll, Foreign Affairs, 28 Sep. 2026