WARRIORS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

warriors

noun

plural of warrior

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors

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Recent Examples of warriors Two warriors gleam in the midst of Indian Combat (1868) and continue their brawl to the death, one knife-edge away from mortality. —

Tyehimba Jess, ARTnews.com, 17 Apr. 2026 But the Ballances were more than gallant warriors – in fact, a life-size oil painting of Marti’s great-grandfather Charles Ballance’s wife and children – including her grandfather Willis as a 3-year-old – hangs in a place of honor at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield. —

Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026 That spike—and especially the likelihood that after the conflict ends, costs will remain well above the prewar level—is hitting the weaklings far harder than the thriving warriors, especially the two biggest profitmakers, Delta and United. —

Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2026 Mortal Kombat 2 will focus on the Mortal Kombat tournament, the big battle in which warriors from different realms face off against one another in a fight to the bloody finish. —

Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 11 Apr. 2026 The theology in such conflicts usually masks more primal power struggles and still tends to make the wars and warriors more fanatical and bloodthirsty. —

Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026 The deliberate sparring during mealtime hides a palpable contempt the two warriors have for each other, further displayed as a seething hatred conveyed on Kirk's face as Chang departs back to Kronos One. —

Jeff Spry, Space.com, 22 Mar. 2026 Maryland lawmakers have the power to stand up for the thousands of sickle cell warriors. —

Teanika D. Hoffman, Baltimore Sun, 21 Mar. 2026 Weekend warriors trying to enjoy Colorado’s nominal snowpack instead saw temperatures rise to 68 degrees in Breckenridge and 70 degrees west of Vail. —

Katie Langford, Denver Post, 21 Mar. 2026

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Noun

Prisoners exchanged Russia's Defense Ministry said that a prisoner swap Saturday brought home 175 of its soldiers.

— CBS News, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Another work from this era, Veterans Day (2016), features a flow of musical notes that surround a framed newspaper article about the conviction of Muhammad Ali for refusing to fight in the American war in Vietnam and an old photograph of soldiers raising their fists.

— Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Apr. 2026