IRREGULARS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

irregulars

noun

plural of irregular

as in guerrillas

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Noun

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, 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

Definition of guerrillas

Noun

Earlier this week, soldiers in the United States tested rapidly deployable counter-drone systems.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Confident in the safety of their compound, Andrew and the soldiers were oblivious to the boy’s bad intentions.

— Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of soldiers

Noun

Opened in 1896 by Caspar Badrutt, the hotel has long been a playground for the glitterati; Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn and Alfred Hitchcock – who even has a suite named after him – were all regulars.

— Fergus Scholes, TheWeek, 3 Nov. 2026
The bartenders, the lovers, the regulars, the woman who just needs to let loose.

— Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of regulars

Noun

His most significant individual victory comes against Indrajit, another of Ravana’s sons and one of Lanka’s mightiest warriors.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026
There, female leaders such as Queen Mother Ramonda, played by Angela Bassett, and her daughter Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright) are not only leaders but also warriors.

— Christine Ledbetter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of warriors

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New data suggest that a quarter of American servicemen may have low testosterone.

— Caroline Mimbs Nyce, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2026
The video showed the man being accompanied by two FSB servicemen onto a plane, then in a cage in a Moscow court, which ordered him detained for nearly two months.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of servicemen

Noun

Utah Highway Patrol troopers were called to the spot of the three-car crash, where traffic was slowing due to ongoing construction, the court documents said.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Both the Chevrolet and Panzica came to rest in the right shoulder, according to troopers.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 Oct. 2026

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