Synonyms of front lines

front lines

noun

plural of front line

as in forefronts

the leading or most important part of a movement

Susan B. Anthony was on the front line of the struggle for woman suffrage

Synonyms & Similar Words

• forefronts
• leading edges
• cutting edges
• vans
• vanguards
• spearheads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of front lines

With front lines mostly stalemated, the country has been essentially split in two, leaving the government in charge of the capital, Khartoum, and Sudan’s east, while the RSF dominates the west. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026

The missile has also pushed aircraft away from the front lines and created psychological pressure on the enemy. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026

As the war with Iran approaches the three-month mark, another battle is raging far from the front lines. —CBS News, 24 May 2026

Rosin predicts that shift toward drone warfare will limit changes on the front lines. —Sebastian Shukla, CNN Money, 23 May 2026

From the front lines of cybersecurity and financial crime, Silicon Valley technologists like me have already seen where AI is taking the software industry. —Victor Fang, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

For healthcare workers on the front lines, many of whom have become victims of the terror themselves, the pressure is not just physical but psychological. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026

Not so with Haygood’s The War Within a War, an account of the Black American experience during the Vietnam War, both on the front lines and at home. —The Atlantic, 14 May 2026

These shots force one’s eye towards Dua, not only as an individual, but as a puzzle piece within a larger portrait, in which other key figures (her brother, her father, and so on) have their own battles to fight, privately and on the front lines. —Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026