LIFER Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

lifer

noun

Definition of lifer

as in con

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as in veteran

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Recent Examples of lifer Interim manager Andy Green, a baseball lifer, had never seen anything like it. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 As in current Heat assistant coach Caron Butler, a seeming Heat lifer throughout. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026 Cue is an Apple lifer, having joined the company in 1989. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 June 2026 Onstage as on your phone, Dylan was searching for new limits Wednesday — a lifer grinding toward the sublime. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lifer

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Noun

Materials, pros, cons and best uses Our editors independently choose our recommendations.

— Jason Rueger, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Objectively speaking, hand-washing high-end cookware is more of a given than a con.

— Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of con

Noun

Of the bunch, Kaminsky is the only Broadway veteran, with Álvarez, Knight and Cochran — as well as understudies Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding — all making their Broadway debuts with Paranormal Activity.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
The Nuggets need to get younger, longer and meaner around that veteran trio, and ASAP.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of veteran

Noun

The show, which follows an ex-convict who seeks revenge on the lawyer who represented him, stars Javier Bardem, Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson, and is produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.

— Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
Sochor is scheduled to be the second Broward convict executed this year.

— Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026

Definition of convict

Noun

If a foreign state treated these law enforcement operations as armed conflict, the private sector employees running them would not be combatants under international law and would not have POW or other protections.

— Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Hours of fierce fighting between government troops and militias that killed dozens of combatants in Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa also left at least four civilians dead and 98 others wounded, a hospital official said Tuesday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of combatant

Noun

Or building a detention center for federal prisoners in the middle of the Everglades?

— Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The 2015 action film, set in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland, stars Theron as warrior Imperator Furiosa, who leads the daring escape of female prisoners from a tyrannical ruler.

— Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of prisoner

Noun

The 49ers have been aching to develop a draftee into a star, and Stribling might be their best shot since drafting Purdy in 2022.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 20 Aug. 2026
Last year’s Dolphins team blamed most of the early season struggles (2-7 start) on the draftees playing prominent roles in 2025.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of draftee

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