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plural of combatant
Synonyms & Antonyms of combatants
a person, group, or country that fights in a war or battle
- Britain was a major combatant in World War II.
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for combatants
- dogfaces,
- fighters,
- legionaries,
- legionnaires,
- men-at-arms,
- regulars,
- servicemen,
- soldiers,
- troopers,
- warriors
- commandos
- (or commandoes),
- raiders
- Confederates,
- Continentals,
- Federals,
- GIs
- (or GI's),
- guardsmen,
- militiamen,
- minutemen
- counterguerrillas
- (also counterguerillas),
- guerrillas
- (or guerillas),
- irregulars,
- paramilitaries,
- partisans
- (also partizans)
- diggers
- [chiefly Australian & New Zealand],
- gallowglasses,
- gendarmes
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for combatants
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“Combatants.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/combatants. Accessed 20 Jun. 2021.
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