BATTLER Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

battler

noun

Definition of battler

as in scrapper

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Recent Examples of battler The breakout battler Alex Freeman has arguably been the breakout player of the whole tournament. — Charlie Davies, New York Times, 27 June 2026 The second reason is that these aura battler designs were very complex and full of curves as well as weird angles. — Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for battler

Noun

Willis is a clear scrapper who can really move.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 Apr. 2026
Bastian Schweinsteiger — winger in 2006, classy playmaker in 2010 and midfield scrapper in the final here — returned to full fitness midway through the tournament and also played a key role.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2026

Definition of scrapper

Noun

Still, Beck didn’t seem to want to talk, in private or in the media, about having grown up as the child of a successful music-industry hustler — much less one who was so proudly and publicly involved with a controversial religious movement.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
As Young summed it up all those years ago — for players and hustlers, tonight’s the night.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026