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Synonyms for soldier

Most common

dog fighter warrior dough boy trooper guerrilla serviceman

All synonyms

Noun

1. Grunt — A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member

grunt slang US, old sweat slang UK, sweat slang UK

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.

    My friends and I saw a soldier questioning a man holding a bag with a gun in his pocket.

Forms

Plural
soldiers → grunts, sweats, warriors, troopers…

Example sentences

  • dog I used a photo of my dog for my desktop wallpaper.
  • fighter The fighter courageously looked death in the face.
  • warrior The goddess gave the warrior a sword and a shield.
  • trooper Ziri was a state trooper for twenty-four years.
  • guerrilla Tom headed a guerrilla insurgency against French colonial rule.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
soldierrising
dogrising
fightersteady
warriorrising
trooperrising

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

By length

3 letters
dog1
5 letters
sweat1, grunt1
7 letters
fighter2, warrior3, recruit2, trooper2, dogface
8 letters
guerilla3
9 letters
guerrilla3
10 letters
serviceman3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fighter2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
soldat
Italiano
soldato
Español
soldado
Deutsch
Soldat
Català
soldat