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deserter

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of deserter

a person who abandons a cause or organization usually without right

we had orders to find and capture the deserters before they could reveal our location

Synonyms of deserter

apostate, defector, recreant, renegade

Words Related to deserter

betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, traitor, traitress (or traitoress), turnabout, turncoat

abandoner, come-outer, dropout, leaver

defier, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, mutineer, rebel, red, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionizer

discontent, malcontent

recusant, refusenik (also refusnik), refuser

Near Antonyms of deserter

adherent, disciple, follower, supporter

fanatic, militant, partisan (also partizan), zealot

Antonyms of deserter

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