Entry Word: soldier

Function: noun

Meaning: a person engaged in military service <one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed>

Synonyms fighter, legionary, legionnaire, man-at-arms, regular, serviceman, warrior

Related Words servicewoman; cavalier, cuirassier, dragoon, trooper; dogface, doughboy, footman, foot soldier, infantryman; commando, marine, ranger; artilleryman, musketeer, rifleman; archer, lancer, spearman; Confederate, Continental, Federal, GI, guardsman, Rough Rider; guerilla, irregular, partisan; combatant, noncombatant; mercenary, soldier of fortune; veteran, war-horse; conscript, draftee, recruit; reservist

Antonyms civilian