Synonyms of raider

raider

noun

as in invader

one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause

villagers lived in constant fear of the raiders, who captured their women and children and sold them into slavery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• invader
• attacker
• aggressor
• militant
• plunderer
• assailant
• pillager
• initiator
• ambusher
• hawk
• instigator
• combatant
• warmonger
• militarist
• jingoist
• belligerent
• war hawk
• ambuscader
• forayer
• jingo
• cobelligerent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• defender
• pacifist
• dove
• peacemaker
• nonbelligerent

• defender
• pacifist
• dove
• peacemaker
• nonbelligerent