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

Dissimilar Words

• civilians
• noncombatants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of combatants

Mortos recovered with an impressive spinning dive to the outside on a handful of combatants. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Meanwhile, more countries are fighting Iran or its proxies, representing further escalation as the conflict draws in more combatants. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 July 2026

An Anti-Defamation League audit of antisemitic incidents found that attacks increased by 30% between 2024 and 2025, a rise that Mamdani recognized while touting investments in hate crime combatants. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2026

The ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants, is staffed by medical professionals who maintain detailed records viewed as generally reliable by United Nations agencies and independent experts. — ABC News, 19 July 2026

Kermanpour did not break down the figures between civilians and combatants. — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

The man who is never the smartest or hardest working person in the room has brought to Connecticut a team of combatants who are devoted to winning by laying waste to anyone, especially women, who gets in the way. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

By the time the police arrived, the combatants had fled and melted into a thick crowd of other young people in the darkness outside. — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026

Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants and cannot be independently verified by TIME. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 7 July 2026