Synonyms of gladiators

gladiators

noun

plural of gladiator

as in boxers

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists

the two punch-drunk gladiators stumbled to their corners

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gladiators

She was seen Monday in New York wearing a plunging archival Alberta Ferretti minidress and Sophia Webster heeled gladiators. — Tiffany Kelly, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Protected by the masks, the gladiators assume a secret identity and become national symbols. — ABC News, 1 July 2026

Try out the modern-day gladiators with cool styles to shop below. — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 30 June 2026

Roman emperors used gladiators to do just that. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026

Thus, in a moment celebrated by the poet Martial in his Liber de Spectaculis, the emperor Titus freed two gladiators on the opening day of the Colosseum. — Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026

These modern-day gladiators like to unwind by swapping Pikachus for Charmanders. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 2 June 2026

The find also suggests female beast hunters persisted for several decades longer than female gladiators who fought other people, Manas says. — Taylor Mitchell Brown, Scientific American, 19 May 2026

The stories of gladiators and the sheer size of the arena captivate younger imaginations in a way few other sites can. — Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026