Synonyms of fighter

fighter

noun

ˈfī-tər 

1

as in warrior

a person engaged in military service

the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

2

as in boxer

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists

a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boxer
• gladiator
• pugilist
• prizefighter
• pug
• welterweight
• middleweight
• slugger
• heavyweight
• bantamweight
• featherweight
• lightweight
• flyweight
• palooka
• light heavyweight
• cruiserweight
• superheavyweight
• stumblebum

3

as in defendant

a person who takes part in a dispute

kept the two fighters apart until they had calmed down and could talk sensibly

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defendant
• plaintiff
• brawler
• debater
• contestant
• scrapper
• disputant
• advocate
• arguer
• challenger
• disputer
• quarreler
• bickerer
• squabbler
• wrangler
• argufier
• skirmisher
• codefendant
• contender
• pleader
• quibbler
• nitpicker
• pettifogger
• fusser

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fighter

One arrived in 2001 when a US spy plane limped into Hainan Island with a 24-member crew after a collision with a Chinese fighter jet that killed its pilot. — Andy Browne, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Van had insisted that his first victory wasn’t solely because of Pantoja’s injury, while the Brazilian argued that the December result didn’t show who was truly the better fighter. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

Boxer George Chuvalo was a gladiator of the ring, an unrelenting fighter with one of the toughest chins in the sport. — Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2026

These include her grandfather, a Danish Resistance fighter during World War II, a concentration camp survivor, priest, and author who sought the divine on solitary nature walks. — Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026