FOOT SOLDIER Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

foot soldier

noun

as in laborer

a person who does very hard or dull work he's been a foot soldier for several environmental organizations over the years

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Recent Examples of foot soldier Agamemnon would be a big muscle, like a pectoral, but Psoas is an unknown foot soldier. —

Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 7 May 2026 Fans became zealous cultural foot soldiers, streaming, voting and building global communities on Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. —

Dan Bilefsky, HollywoodReporter, 21 Mar. 2026 Ever the loyal foot soldier, Hegseth followed by announcing he’d look to strip Kelly of his Navy rank and reduce his military pension. —

S.e. Cupp, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026 His two foot soldiers now riddled with bullets had bombed the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson on a foggy night nine months earlier and were en route to bomb a Jewish leader’s home when police gunned them down. —

Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foot soldier

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Noun

For American diners of diverse backgrounds, chop suey struck an enticing balance between novelty and decipherability, which propelled it to national popularity even as the US government moved to exclude Chinese laborers from entering the country in 1882.

— Ashley Rose Young, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 June 2026
Filipino laborers came to Mexico via colonialism, and adapted and adopted champoy with spices and chilies from Mexico to become chamoy.

— Stephanie Shih June 17, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026