Synonyms of dogface

dogface

noun

ˈdȯg-ˌfās 

as in soldier

a person engaged in military service

during World War II journalist Ernie Pyle gained fame for his sympathetic reports on the wartime experiences of the common dogface

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soldier
• warrior
• fighter
• marine
• trooper
• veteran
• serviceman
• ranger
• raider
• legionnaire
• dragoon
• legionary
• Confederate
• knight
• recruit
• doughboy
• infantryman
• regular
• musketeer
• man-at-arms
• partisan
• cavalryman
• rifleman
• cavalier
• GI
• artilleryman
• combatant
• Continental
• conscript
• jarhead
• grunt
• commando
• guerrilla
• cannoneer
• gunner
• foot soldier
• guardsman
• archer
• servicewoman
• militiaman
• footman
• cuirassier
• mortarman
• irregular
• paramilitary
• lancer
• Federal
• spearman
• counterguerrilla
• reservist
• warhorse
• carabineer
• champion
• gendarme
• draftee
• enrollee
• minuteman
• pikeman
• digger
• lifer
• noncombatant
• crossbowman
• gallowglass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dogface

Fewer know the beer-spewing moment a TV camera lingers upon a friend, or relative, on inglorious display, with feathers, horns, dogface, or fur; clad as pirate, or leprechaun, feisty in top-hat and tails. — Tim Kelleher, National Review, 10 Feb. 2024

Stevens even tweeted four dogface emojis following a recent win against the Toronto Raptors. — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2021

But, per National Geographic, the declines have also pushed less famous species such as the Boisduval’s blue and the California dogface butterfly, California’s state insect, to the brink of extinction. — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Mar. 2021