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 It's cost American taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and the lives of 18 servicemen. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 According to the Corps, an estimated 600 Azov brigade servicemen are among the thousands still in Russian captivity. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 The wreckage of the plane and 10 of the servicemen were never found. — Hope McKenney, NPR, 1 Aug. 2026 At least two British servicemen, the late Capt. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 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 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

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Noun

That means determining how robots are transported, controlled, tasked, and integrated with soldiers and existing command structures.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
This is my personal version of those videos of soldiers coming home from war, and the other women react as such.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of soldiers

Noun

Protective, almost — which makes sense, as its stunning chandeliers are designed to look like the shields and spears of African Masai warriors.

— Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Aug. 2026
In ancient legend, 300 Spartan warriors held the narrow pass at Thermopylae against a vast, overwhelming force, relying on a critical bottleneck to offset impossible odds.

— Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026

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