Synonyms of soldier

soldier

noun

ˈsōl-jər 

as in warrior

a person engaged in military service

one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warrior
• fighter
• marine
• serviceman
• trooper
• veteran
• raider
• dragoon
• legionary
• ranger
• legionnaire
• knight
• recruit
• Confederate
• man-at-arms
• dogface
• infantryman
• cavalryman
• musketeer
• partisan
• combatant
• conscript
• regular
• rifleman
• artilleryman
• guardsman
• doughboy
• servicewoman
• cannoneer
• militiaman
• guerrilla
• commando
• foot soldier
• cavalier
• Continental
• GI
• archer
• gunner
• footman
• paramilitary
• grunt
• reservist
• Federal
• cuirassier
• lancer
• spearman
• irregular
• jarhead
• champion
• mortarman
• draftee
• pikeman
• crossbowman
• carabineer
• warhorse
• enrollee
• counterguerrilla
• noncombatant
• gendarme
• minuteman
• digger
• lifer
• gallowglass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of soldier

The man — identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson — fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who are assigned to the area. — Joel Rose, NPR, 5 July 2026

National Guard soldiers were sent in Friday to help with staffing checkpoints on roads near the fire zone. — Jessica Hill, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Set in post-Civil War America, former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount) joins the lawless traveling town ‘Hell on Wheels,’ which follows the construction of the first-ever transcontinental railroad. — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

But as the Americans celebrated, the British were sending a force of more than 40 warships and 30,000 soldiers and sailors to New York that Washington would soon have to fight. — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 4 July 2026

Phrases Containing soldier

• foot soldier