POACHERS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

poachers

noun

plural of poacher

as in smugglers

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as in hunters

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nonhunters

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Noun

This surveillance can help smugglers identify areas with fewer personnel when moving people or drugs.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
Ortiz navigated their way among Russian escapees, Polish fugitives, and tobacco smugglers, all wanting to get to neutral Spain over the mountains.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of smugglers

Noun

The first body was found by hunters in February 1994, followed by at least five more bodies over the next three years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
Bow seasons are in full swing in most states, and rifle and blackpowder hunters can pursue elk in special draw units and in some wilderness areas.

— Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of hunters

Noun

But the rollicking jollity that accompanies the final two acts, which includes the entrance of pirates and the abduction of Marina to a brothel, robs the ending of some of its pathos.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Speaking of singing pirates, Curry clearly fancied these kinds of roles, signing on to play the villainous Long John Silver in Muppet Treasure Island (1996), Brian Henson’s musical adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of pirates

Noun

The reason there were so many children there to begin with was because their mothers, who worked as hawkers, had nowhere else to leave them.

— Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
The peanut hawkers at sports venues over a century ago wouldn’t recognize the diversity of food—or seating types—in today’s modern stadium.

— Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Definition of hawkers

Noun

Goaded on by a governor, who handpicked the university president and staged a coup to overthrow one athletic director in order to hire Kiffin, the bayou bandits are proudly wearing their black hats.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026
Analysts warn each ransom payment fuels more crime as armed groups, from rural bandits to Islamist militants, raid schools, mosques and villages, with an average of 21 kidnappings reported daily.

— Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of bandits

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