SERVICEMEN Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

servicemen

noun

plural of serviceman

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck

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Recent Examples of servicemen Rivers’ goal is to regenerate the psychic nerves of these shattered servicemen. —

The Know, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen. —

ABC News, 27 May 2026 Her husband of 21 years is buried at the cemetery among more than 82,000 servicemen and women—many who served and never came home. —

Noel Brennan, CBS News, 25 May 2026 Later, servicemen returning from the South Pacific (and the musical of the same name) added to the nostalgic view. —

Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Russian servicemen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on Saturday. —

Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026 Making the lives of Idahoans affordable, fixing healthcare, helping farmers produce affordable food and still make a living, saving our public lands and national forest for future generations, and making sure vets, servicemen and women and seniors are not used as pawns in political games. —

Kevin Fixler may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026 First of all, wounded servicemen and heavy equipment were evacuated. —

Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for servicemen

Noun

Two Israeli soldiers were killed in separate incidents, according to their military.

— Dalia Abdelwahab, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
Strikers viewed militiamen and soldiers as strikebreakers, and with the arrival of troops in Chicago, the violence escalated dramatically, as did civilian deaths.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2026