Synonyms for combatant
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A person engaged in combat, often armed.
Gladiators were combatants who fought to the death to entertain the public.
Related words
- Other spellings
- combattant
Forms
- Plural
- combatants → fighters, belligerents, battlers, champions…
Example sentences
- champion Last year’s champion was expected to win Wimbledon.
- fighter The fighter courageously looked death in the face.
- belligerent She flaunts a belligerent attitude.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| combatant | rising | |
| champion | rising | |
| fighter | steady | |
| belligerent | steady | |
| battler | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- fighter2, battler
- 8 letters
- champion3, scrapper
- 10 letters
- contestant3
- 11 letters
- belligerent4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fighter2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- combattant
- Español
- guerrero