Synonyms of trooper

trooper

noun

ˈtrü-pər 

as in soldier

a person engaged in military service

a moving Memorial Day service honoring our fallen troopers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilian

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of trooper

His shock engagement to Sarita (Hannah Simone), the brainy, beautiful sister of de facto trooper leader Thorny (director Jay Chandrasekhar), pits brother against family and bro against bro, even if Farva doesn’t register his colleague’s disgust. — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026

The video showed the chaos inside the restaurant as an off-duty trooper searched for the gunman and helped usher people to the exit, police said. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Marquez Smart, 26, shot himself April 22 after a state trooper rammed his vehicle during a chase on Interstate 40. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2026

The gunman briefly retreats, then returns to the window and fires inside the restaurant again, injuring a good Samaritan who was trying to help the trooper and render aid to Garibay. — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 7 Aug. 2026