Synonyms of fighters

fighters

noun

plural of fighter

1

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soldiers
• warriors
• marines
• raiders
• troopers
• veterans
• servicemen
• rangers
• recruits
• dragoons
• legionaries
• legionnaires
• knights
• regulars
• men-at-arms
• combatants
• partisans
• dogfaces
• musketeers
• Confederates
• infantrymen
• conscripts
• cavalrymen
• guerrillas
• cavaliers
• riflemen
• militiamen
• servicewomen
• archers
• artillerymen
• commandos
• doughboys
• foot soldiers
• guardsmen
• gunners
• paramilitaries
• champions
• cuirassiers
• cannoneers
• lancers
• crossbowmen
• Continentals
• spearmen
• GIs
• pikemen
• grunts
• noncombatants
• irregulars
• footmen
• carabineers
• minutemen
• draftees
• reservists
• enrollees
• jarheads
• Federals
• warhorses
• gendarmes
• mortarmen
• diggers
• lifers
• counterguerrillas
• gallowglasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians

2

as in boxers

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

• boxers
• gladiators
• pugilists
• prizefighters
• pugs
• heavyweights
• welterweights
• sluggers
• middleweights
• bantamweights
• palookas
• lightweights
• featherweights
• flyweights
• light heavyweights
• cruiserweights
• stumblebums
• superheavyweights

3

as in defendants

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

• defendants
• plaintiffs
• brawlers
• debaters
• contestants
• disputants
• advocates
• scrappers
• disputers
• arguers
• challengers
• squabblers
• bickerers
• quarrelers
• wranglers
• argufiers
• codefendants
• pleaders
• contenders
• skirmishers
• quibblers
• nitpickers
• pettifoggers
• fussers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fighters

De la Espriella’s first airstrike in office killed two ELN fighters on the Colombian side of the border. — Adam Shanks, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

The Quds Force is an expeditionary unit made up of the IRGC’s most elite fighters. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

After Syrian fighters opposed to Assad marched into Damascus to end the Assad family’s five-decade rule in December 2024, a number of military and security officers fled to Lebanon, where some remain. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

During an April flight test in Southern California, the runway-independent drone tested electronic warfare capabilities and beyond-line-of-sight command and control alongside Marine Corps fighters. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Soon after that, some fighters laid down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony in northern Iraq, where the group is based, and withdrew some fighters from key locations in Turkey to Iraq. — Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Okay, and actually, our poll this morning shows that Democratic voters overall are looking for fighters or people who are certainly promising to do so. — CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior Hamas leader, acknowledged that Hamas’ tunnels were for protecting its fighters, not Gazan civilians, stating that protecting Gazans was not Hamas’ responsibility. — Daniel Kolkey, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026

Assad fled the capital Damascus as rebel fighters closed in nearly two years ago, and is currently in Russia, where he and his family were granted asylum on humanitarian grounds. — Kinda Makieh, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026