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

Oklahoma's Highway Patrol signed all of its troopers on to 287(g), giving their officers the power to stop a driver and potentially make an immigration arrest on state highways. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

The trooper followed the Tesla without lights or sirens and saw the driver turn the vehicle's lights off while exiting at Dale Street. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

The flight staff alerted troopers when a man approached the gate and tried using the ticket. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

The security supervisor carried out a box containing the $150,000, and the Jeep drove away, the trooper wrote. — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026