Synonyms of guerrillas

guerrillas

noun

variants or guerillas

plural of guerrilla

as in soldiers

a member of a usually small group of soldiers who do not belong to a regular army and who fight in a war as an independent unit

The guerrillas controlled half the country.

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

• civilians
• noncombatants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of guerrillas

The atrocities committed in Chile were similar to those in Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Central America, where leftist movements and guerrillas were squashed with incredible brutality. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

Also known by its Spanish acronym AGC, the group evolved from right-wing paramilitary squads that fought Marxist guerrillas in Colombia in the 1990s and 2000s. — Maria Verza, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026

Jayhawkers were considered thieves, marauders & guerrillas (hence why yours were in jail) know for atrocities such as the Sacking of Osceola. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2026

After studying the ins and outs of a 1976 Beirut bank heist where guerrillas ran off with more than $20 million cash, Maro figures, why not us? — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2026

But Bernard’s move is a gambit, meant to create a distraction while the Mechanical guerrillas set off dynamite charges in the mines, for reasons as yet unrevealed. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026

And, earlier this month, de la Espriella broke from precedent by giving his first post-inauguration speech at a military base in Cali that had recently been attacked, allegedly by guerrillas, instead of in Bogotá. — Daniel Castro, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2026

About 70% of them are former FARC guerrillas, 29% are former members of the security forces and the rest are civilians. — ABC News, 9 July 2026

Cepeda had participated in and continued throughout the campaign to promote negotiations with guerrillas and cartels. — CBS News, 29 June 2026