Synonyms of deserters

deserters

noun

plural of deserter

as in traitors

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 & Similar Words

• traitors
• rebels
• renegades
• insurgents
• defectors
• revolutionaries
• apostates
• turncoats
• mutineers
• quislings
• betrayers
• insurrectionists
• revolters
• discontents
• leavers
• recreants
• revolutionists
• dropouts
• defiers
• turnabouts
• refusers
• recusants
• double-crossers
• refuseniks
• abandoners
• reds
• insurrectionaries
• traitresses
• malcontents
• come-outers
• revolutionizers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• followers
• disciples
• supporters
• adherents
• loyalists
• militants
• partisans
• fanatics
• zealots

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deserters

And within his own country’s history, particularly, Dhont discovered the fates that met would-be deserters who were caught — brutal sentences often leading to death. — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026

Harry Truman granted amnesty to certain World War II deserters, while Jimmy Carter granted pardons to hundreds of thousands of individuals who dodged the draft during the Vietnam War. — Stewart Ulrich, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025

More important, though, is the fact that the judge who posited that hordes of deserters could follow Vovchenko’s example seems to be overstepping his role. — Air Mail, 25 Oct. 2025

Language purists like to remind anyone who will listen that decimation actually means the slaughter of one in ten people, and was the military punishment wielded by the Roman army against deserters and mutineers. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

Despite opposition to busing, particularly among White families who comprised much of Louisville's Catholic population, Archbishop McDonough vowed in 1974 that his schools would not become the home of public school deserters. — Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025