Synonyms of aggressors

aggressors

noun

plural of aggressor

as in invaders

one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause

a group of smaller states had formed an alliance to deter potential aggressors

Synonyms & Similar Words

• invaders
• raiders
• attackers
• militants
• assailants
• instigators
• plunderers
• initiators
• combatants
• ambushers
• militarists
• pillagers
• warmongers
• hawks
• belligerents
• jingoists
• war hawks
• ambuscaders
• jingoes
• forayers
• cobelligerents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defenders
• pacifists
• peacemakers
• doves
• nonbelligerents

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aggressors

It’s also packed with antioxidants, which help protect hair from UV light and other external aggressors. — Deanna Pai, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2026

Police are seeking additional people who fired weapons during a shooting at Virginia State University that wounded five, as investigators work to determine whether the other shooters were aggressors or acting in self-defense. — Eric MacK, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

There, Williams published a newsletter, The Crusader, to encourage Black people to engage in self-defense rather than nonviolence, whether during civil rights protests or confronting racist aggressors. — Aaron Coy Moulton, The Conversation, 7 Aug. 2026

Rogers previously served in a space aggressors unit in the US Air Force, taking up against US space operators in war game and military exercises. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026

In some physical altercations, both residents were aggressors, while other fights were one-sided. — Jordan Rau, NPR, 19 July 2026

Exhibited for the first time outside of Sarajevo, the churning Socialist Realist homage invokes Eugène Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People in figuring partisans heroically overcoming their would-be Nazi aggressors. — Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

The skin isn’t just a passive barrier that accepts humectants, peptides, and other ingredients and keeps out external aggressors like pollutants and bacteria. — Deanna Pai, Vogue, 6 July 2026

The formula includes peptides and ceramides to protect against external aggressors and restore the skin barrier. — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 4 July 2026