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Synonyms for freebooter

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    An adventurer who pillages, plunders, or thieves privately or for compensation; or wages ad-hoc war on other nations, similar to mercenary; also a "freeboot".

Related words

Word family
freebooting

Forms

Plural
freebooters → pirates, raiders, plunderers, robbers…

Example sentences

  • pirate The fishing boat turned out to be a pirate skiff.
  • robber The robber tried to plunge the knife into the boy.
  • raider The corporate raider had a history of running companies into the ground.
  • mercenary As a mercenary, did you participate in torture sessions?
  • filibuster Furthermore, I believe that the filibuster must be destroyed.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
freebootersteady
piraterising
robberrising
raiderrising
plundererrising
mercenaryrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
pirate2, robber2, bandit2, raider2, looter2
7 letters
spoiler2, brigand
8 letters
marauder3, pillager3
9 letters
mercenary4, buccaneer3, plunderer, despoiler
10 letters
filibuster4
12 letters
conquistador

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (pirate2 = 2 syllables).