WARRIOR Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

warrior

noun

ˈwȯr-yər

Definition of warrior

as in soldier

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

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

civilian

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of warrior The vast majority of the changes needed both for acquiring new talent and retaining tech warriors are within the Pentagon’s control. — Doug Beck, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 There were people around who might have some interesting thoughts about patriotism, Heminger suggested—the Kit Fox Society, a veterans’ organization named for a Great Plains warrior group. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 Odysseus was admired and revered as a great warrior but more importantly, a great leader. — Wisdom Iheanyichukwu, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026 By contrast, Hamas’ strategy was to put its own civilians in harm’s way by building a tunnel system under cities that dared Israel to kill civilians in order to get to Hamas’ warriors. — Daniel Kolkey, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for warrior

Recent Examples of Synonyms for warrior

Noun

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
An older man was carefully helped off one helicopter, while a soldier carried an older woman on his back to a medical tent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of soldier

Noun

Popular and literary myth tells that when martyrs die on the soil, the earth receiving their blood will give forth new fighters, thus the roses scattered on the cracking mud.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Well, Kaatri is a fighter and the warlock at the heart of this story.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026