SERVICEMEN Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

servicemen

noun

plural of serviceman

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service wishing our servicemen overseas the best of luck

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Recent Examples of servicemen Rivers’ goal is to regenerate the psychic nerves of these shattered servicemen. —

The Know, Denver Post, 7 June 2026 Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets. —

Literary Hub, 3 June 2026 The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen. —

ABC News, 27 May 2026 Her husband of 21 years is buried at the cemetery among more than 82,000 servicemen and women—many who served and never came home. —

Noel Brennan, CBS News, 25 May 2026 Later, servicemen returning from the South Pacific (and the musical of the same name) added to the nostalgic view. —

Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Russian servicemen march on Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in central Moscow on Saturday. —

Reuters, NBC news, 10 May 2026 Making the lives of Idahoans affordable, fixing healthcare, helping farmers produce affordable food and still make a living, saving our public lands and national forest for future generations, and making sure vets, servicemen and women and seniors are not used as pawns in political games. —

Kevin Fixler may 3, Idaho Statesman, 3 May 2026 First of all, wounded servicemen and heavy equipment were evacuated. —

Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for servicemen

Noun

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