Synonyms for mercenary
- adjective
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Mercantile
2. Greedy
greedy, venal, avaricious, selfish, corrupt, covetous, mean, miserly, sordid, materialistic, grasping, narrow, rapacious, acquisitive, stingy, parsimonious, niggardly, penurious
Other
Noun
1. Soldier of fortune
Definitions
- adj. 1
Motivated by personal gain.
- n. 1
One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
Forms
- Plural
- mercenaries → hirelings, adventurers, money-makings, sell-swords…
Choose the right word
venalis, from venum, sale) signifies ready to sell one's influence, vote, or efforts for money or other consideration; mercenary (L.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- greedy Don't be so greedy or you'll wind up with nothing.
- venal A lack of money makes anyone venal. It's natural.
By length
- 4 letters
- mean1, paid1
- 5 letters
- bravo2, venal2
- 6 letters
- narrow2, greedy2, sordid2, stingy2
- 7 letters
- selfish2, corrupt2, miserly3
- 8 letters
- grasping2, covetous, hireling
- 9 letters
- rapacious3, niggardly3, penurious4
- 10 letters
- commercial3, mercantile3, adventurer4, avaricious, freebooter
- 11 letters
- acquisitive4, moneymaking4, condottiere
- 12 letters
- parsimonious5
- 13 letters
- materialistic6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (bravo2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- mercenaire
- Deutsch
- Söldner