ENFORCERS Synonyms: 95 Similar and Opposite Words

enforcers

noun

plural of enforcer

as in disciplinarians

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Noun

You are asked to be teachers, counselors, social workers, disciplinarians, mentors, advocates, crisis managers and emotional anchors for children navigating an increasingly complicated world.

— Susana A. Mendoza, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2026

Definition of disciplinarians

Noun

These low-level thugs typically are not believed to be formally aligned with Iran.

— Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Saint played Edie Doyle, whose brother was murdered by thugs working for a mob boss running a longshoremen's union; her character becomes involved with Brando's pugilistic dockworker Terry Malloy.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of thugs

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Because, after all, as in all of Haber’s novels, the point is not really what is happening in the world but what is happening in the mind—in this case the mind of the pettiest of tyrants.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Aegon, dragged out of King’s Landing by spymaster Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) in an effort to save him from the fratricidal Aemond, gets an up-close look at the petty tyrants who have sprouted up in the countryside thanks to his impetuous rule.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 June 2026

Definition of tyrants

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Esmeralda Muñoz, 70, said her family was furious that agents showed up to their home in full tactical gear with guns drawn to arrest her husband before dawn.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Multiple gunmen wanted in Northwest Baltimore shooting Disturbing video obtained exclusively by WJZ shows two men running with guns drawn near the intersection of Muth Avenue and North Forest Park Avenue in broad daylight.

— Tara Lynch, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of guns

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These included quotes by Fanon, a philosopher who wrote extensively about the ways in which colonized people adopt the mindsets of their oppressors.

— Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Can an accurate story of a system of oppression be derived from sources created and preserved by the oppressors?

— Drew Gilpin Faust, The New York Review of Books, 19 Sep. 2026

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