RANGER Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

ranger

noun

Definition of ranger

as in marine

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Recent Examples of ranger That is exactly how the Mara-Siana ranger, attached to Entumoto Safari Camp in Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve, wants it. — ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Heavy rain moved over the area that afternoon, and a ranger first told visitors to prepare for a possible evacuation. — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026 Other daily events for the weekend include tours, ranger talks and Yosemite After Dark nature walk. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026 But, in an unexpected twist for the ranger, the faith leader is involved in the robberies though as a victim not a perpetrator. — Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ranger

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Noun

Castillo, a former US marine who ran a security and risk management company in Myanmar’s commercial capital Yangon, was arrested on June 11 at the city’s international airport.

— Helen Regan, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Surrounded by house reefs – and with a private marine reserve around it which restricts other boats to 400m off its shores – Mnemba offers a rare private space on this increasingly touristy Zanzibar coastline.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of marine

Noun

Frank and Jesse James rode with them as the raiders killed 150 to 200 men and boys and burned down nearly every business on Massachusetts Street, as well as dozens of homes.

— Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
The preseason finale against the Atlanta Falcons is days away, roster cuts are next Sunday, and the season opener at the Las Vegas raiders is three weeks away.

— Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of raider

Noun

Red neon tubes illuminated art works ranging from the disturbing (a black-and-white photograph of a person stuffing sausages in their mouth) to the mundane (a pastoral painting of a snowshoe-wearing rifleman).

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Idaho’s prison system has nearly completed execution chamber upgrades to carry out the death penalty by firing squad as the state’s lead method and will have a team of riflemen ready to go by the time a state law takes effect this summer.

— Kevin Fixler April 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of rifleman

Noun

The Ottoman Empire had specialists, such as cannoneers and a standing corps of soldiers called Janissaries using handguns, among other weapons.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
Crew can be assigned to the deck or boarding teams, with multiple slots for cannoneers, gunners, and boarders.

— PCMAG, PCMAG, 20 Feb. 2025

Definition of cannoneer

Noun

On the corners are statues of an infantryman, sailor, artilleryman and cavalryman, each drawn from actual war dead.

— Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
The name is inspired by the Christian martyr Saint Barbara, the patron saint of artillerymen, miners, and those who work with fire or explosive materials.

— Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 13 Jan. 2026

Definition of artilleryman

Noun

Night Country‘s Kali Reis as a traditional Resident Evil commando type, there goes I, Tonya‘s Paul Walter Hauser as a whiny, weaselly corporate executive — and others who simply start sprouting tentacles out of their faces.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2026
The redoubtable Israeli army, supposedly capable of fighting off enemies in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen all at once, has now added to its glory the removal of a ragtag canopy in a daring commando raid.

— David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of commando

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