FIGHTERS Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

fighters

noun

plural of fighter

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country

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as in boxers

one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters

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as in defendants

a person who takes part in a dispute kept the two fighters apart until they had calmed down and could talk sensibly

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Recent Examples of fighters Two fighters made their entrance from the Oval Office. —

Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 June 2026 The fighters, certainly there is diversity among the fighters. —

Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 June 2026 His ouster triggered years of violence between Seleka fighters and predominantly Christian Anti-balaka militias, leaving thousands of civilians dead. —

ABC News, 16 June 2026 The visuals of fighters warming up inside the White House and sauntering down the Truman balcony, many wrapped in the American flag, was an unusual spectacle indeed. —

Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 15 June 2026 Political chatter was less direct for much of the evening, with most discussion limited to how honored the fighters were to be competing at the White House, with an emphasis on celebrating veterans and first responders. —

William Earl, Variety, 15 June 2026 So was the scene that preceded the main bout, in which both fighters began their walks to the ring from the Oval Office, looking up at a copy of the Declaration of Independence. —

Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 Strikes over southern Lebanon continue daily, meanwhile, and Hezbollah fighters and Israeli troops have also clashed. —

Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 7 June 2026 Last month, Nigeria said its joint operation with the United States had killed 175 ISWAP fighters. —

Dyepkazah Shibayan, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026

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Nearly 500,000 Russian soldiers have died in the war, according to some Western intelligence reports, and hundreds of thousands more have left the country to avoid being drafted.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 14 June 2026
Also, 30 Israeli soldiers and a defense contractor have been killed in or near southern Lebanon, and two civilians have been killed in northern Israel, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

— Bassem Mroue, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026