Synonyms of combatants

combatants

noun

plural of combatant

as in soldiers

a person, group, or country that fights in a war or battle

Britain was a major combatant in World War II.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• civilians
• noncombatants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of combatants

The main combatants are Ethiopian federal troops and fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, an armed political group in Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost regional state. — Samuel Getachew, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

The main combatants are Ethiopian federal troops and fighters loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, an armed political group in Tigray, Ethiopia's northernmost regional state. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026

The main combatants are Ethiopian federal troops and fighters loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, or TPLF, an armed political group in Tigray, Ethiopia’s northernmost regional state. — Samuel Getachew, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

And when the combatants’ political end goals are too muddy or maximalist, imposing costs indefinitely can seem like the only alternative to capitulation. — Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2026

Some of the people on at the scene told CBS News New York's Dave Carlin that one of the combatants had a knife. — Jeff Capellini, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Killing unarmed men, non combatants and even women and children. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

Aircraft, submarines and missiles have repeatedly challenged large surface combatants. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

The Dominion battled right back with a pair of stereo suplexes, but Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor hit stereo clotheslines as all four combatants were laid out. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026