REGULARS Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

regulars

noun

plural of regular

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service throughout the war, the regulars were supplemented by corps of volunteers and militiamen

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civilians

as in fans

someone who regularly spends time in a particular place the coffeehouse regulars were put out by the interlopers occupying their usual table

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Recent Examples of regulars Foley hopes attendees won’t be course regulars. —

Anya Armentrout, Twin Cities, 19 June 2026 Burrows co-created the NBC sitcom about the eclectic regulars at a Boston bar with Glen & Les Charles, going on to direct 237 episodes of it over the next decade. —

Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 19 June 2026 Instead, inconsistency has defined much of the first half, with several regulars struggling to produce and injuries forcing manager John Schneider to shuffle pieces around the diamond. —

Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Well, everyone except a 60-ish woman, Trisha, and her husband, who have been Little Toni’s regulars for 30 years and have no clue why their beloved haunt is so crowded on what appears to be an average Sunday. —

Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 18 June 2026 But many longtime gathering places for daily breakfasts and family dinner gatherings are still hanging on, with generations of regulars filling the seats. —

Phillip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026 Part of Carlos Suarez’s Casa Nela restaurant group, Claudette originally opened in 2014 and is ready to invite regulars back for a new experience. —

Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 17 June 2026 Recovery tools that take pressure off your muscles The Hyperice Hypervolt 3 massage gun, released in March 2026, runs $249 and is built for people who are not just gym regulars. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 15 June 2026 The only hope to save our army was to retreat across the Gowanus marsh, but our army needed time, and an elite force of British regulars was quickly advancing to cut off this sole escape route and to fully encircle and destroy the Continental Army. —

Paul Callahan, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2026

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Noun

Five Israeli soldiers have been killed since the truce.

— Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
All the other Buzz toys follow suit, dropping into the playground like soldiers descending into battle, and the rest of the kids all excitedly grab one to play with.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 20 June 2026