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

In mid-August, state troopers returned to sweep an encampment once again under Operation SAFE. — Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Aug. 2026

And state troopers had booted people off state land weeks earlier. — Maddy Keyes, The Frontier, 28 Aug. 2026

As the trooper worked to secure Guerrero-Chavez back in his patrol vehicle, he was hit by a passing Ford Focus driven by Ashton Berry of Kansas City. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026

Pennsylvania State Police said troopers were called to the state correctional institution in Findley Township the morning of June 21 after 28-year-old Donald Stinedurf reported that his cellmate, 32-year-old Joshua Tisak, was unresponsive. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026