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

One person was killed and two Pennsylvania State Police troopers were injured when a small plane and a state police helicopter were involved in a collision in central Pennsylvania on Wednesday evening, authorities said. — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026

Aaron McCarter, investigator-in-charge with the National Transportation Safety Board, said there is not an immediate explanation for Wednesday's fatal collision that killed the pilot of the small aircraft and injured two state troopers. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026

Bivens said one trooper was able to push out a window and help free the second trooper. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

The trooper and responding officers provided emergency medical aid, but the driver died at the scene, the release said. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 18 Aug. 2026