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

An Iranian missile and drone attack has killed nine fighters of an Iranian-Kurdish group based in neighboring Iraq, according to an official from the group. — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

What does Texas congressman Brandon Gill think of one of the UFC fighters at the White House calling Michelle Obama a man? — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026

Indeed, Agamemnon shines throughout the battle scenes at Troy, an otherworldly presence in whose wake the fighters, including Odysseus, always follow. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 July 2026

The inflation-fighters at the Federal Reserve remain sharply divided over next steps, according to the minutes of their June 16-17 meeting. — Christopher Rugaber, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026

The fiercest of fighters for South Carolina and America — and a loyal and steadfast friend. — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 12 July 2026

Green has earned the majority of the bets at 79 percent, while the handle is split evenly between the fighters. — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

When Islamist fighters swept south toward Damascus in December 2024, neither Russia, which was preoccupied by Ukraine, nor Iran, whose Hezbollah allies had been badly weakened, could prevent the Assad regime’s sudden collapse. — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2026

The Guajes de Ayala community had warned law enforcement that the cartel was closing in on their town and also shared videos of cartel drones hovering overhead and the location of cartel fighters inching closer to their homes on social media. — ABC News, 8 July 2026