RAIDERS Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

raiders

noun

plural of raider

as in invaders

one that starts armed conflict against another especially without reasonable cause villagers lived in constant fear of the raiders, who captured their women and children and sold them into slavery

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Recent Examples of raiders Give me raiders of the lost past, any day, and forgive them their lack of footnotes. — Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026 For decades, tomb raiders have pillaged sites across the country, selling them on the black market. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 19 June 2026 All that maritime commerce also attracted its fair share of Viking raiders from Scandinavia. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 Mar. 2026 In 2014, raiders won 72% of votes cast to declassify Costco's board and still lost, because that was less than half of all shares. — Kyle Westaway, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Out of all 32 teams in the League, the Las Vegas raiders get the first pick of the draft, with the New York Jets to follow. — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 23 Apr. 2026 Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Sossamon). — Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026 The Vikings were raiders, pirates, traders, explorers, and colonizers who traveled far beyond their homeland in Scandinavia between the 9th and 11 centuries. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 The alpha heroes of 1980s romances—ranch owners, corporate raiders, anyone played by Michael Douglas—tended to be emotionally constipated anti-feminists intent on dominating the opposite sex by using testosterone and wads of cash. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 10 June 2026

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Only in these United States can the progeny of people once portrayed as parasites and invaders side with those making the same argument about the latest batch of newcomers.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
The match was briefly interrupted in the 32nd minute when at least three pitch invaders made their way onto the field, forcing officials to stop play while security responded.

— Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026

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