LIFERS Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

lifers

noun

plural of lifer

as in convicts

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Noun

Written by Evan Cooper, Blood On The Promontory finds five convicts trying to escape through the mountains following a violent train robbery, while shackled together by foot.

— Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 25 June 2026
Also, from the 19th century to the 20th century, the island served as a holding area for convicts being sent from mainland France to overseas penal colonies—a sobering thread in the sunny island’s past.

— Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026

Definition of convicts

Noun

The money will finance dozens of routine but essential items, such as a new roof, a 24-seat school bus and outrigger canoes that will be used by military veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress.

— Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
Brit Elazouar has been cast in the lead role of Jason, a young police officer on his first assignment with an elite tactical unit of Afghanistan veterans.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 9 July 2026

Definition of veterans

Noun

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller also spoke on Monday and reiterated the central bank's commitment to its 2% inflation target, while noting the pros and cons of forward guidance.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Read this for details of how to download and read on for the pros and cons of installing the new software now.

— David Phelan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026

Definition of cons

Noun

They were controlled by two sets of levers, with plastic buttons that made the combatants throw left jabs and right uppercuts.

— Jack Lang, New York Times, 5 July 2026
But combatants in the subcontinent were unaware of the initial truce that had been made in the West, and dozens more battles took place around the world.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 2 July 2026

Definition of combatants

Noun

The agency has instructed contractors that families at the facility cannot be referred to as prisoners, detainees or inmates, records show.

— JACK BROOK, ABC News, 6 July 2026
Moriarty is hiding both Sherlock and Lady Tewkesbury in a cell, and both of the prisoners are trying to figure out why she's chosen them.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026

Definition of prisoners

Noun

If nothing else, Patriot Front offers sympathetic groups intent on violence a valuable pool of potential recruits.

— Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
The complaint says that the school has already lost two women’s soccer players and several recruits because of the conference uncertainty.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 6 July 2026

Definition of recruits

Noun

Aside from the two 2026 draftees, UConn fans will also get a chance to watch 2024 Final Four Most Outstanding Player Tristen Newton, who had a stellar season in the NBA G League last year and is looking to make the Houston Rockets roster.

— Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2026
Introduced in a 2011 agreement between the union and league, the scale forces all draftees (typically between ages 21 and 23) into non-negotiable, four-year contracts usually below market value.

— Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of draftees

Noun

Jung also highlighted the South Korean military’s personnel shortage, especially among noncommissioned officers and officers expected to help train new conscripts to use drones.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 26 June 2026
Diplomatic ties had not yet resumed, and many in Argentina perceived the game as an opportunity to honor the conscripts who died in the war and remind the world of the country’s claim to the Malvinas/Falkland Islands.

— Cesar R. Torres, The Conversation, 17 June 2026

Definition of conscripts

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