Synonyms for guerrilla
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.
The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.
Related words
- Word family
- guerrillero
- Phrases
- guerrilla knitting guerrilla theater
- Other spellings
- guerilla AU
Forms
- Plural
- guerrillas → insurgents, irregulars, soldiers, bushwhackers…
Example sentences
- insurgent Ukraine is losing more territory to insurgent forces.
- soldier He went to China as a soldier, never to come back.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| guerrilla | falling | |
| insurgent | rising | |
| soldier | rising | |
| guerrillero | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 7 letters
- soldier2
- 9 letters
- irregular4, insurgent3
- 11 letters
- bushwhacker, guerrillero
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (soldier2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- guérillero