Synonyms of combatants

combatants

noun

plural of combatant

as in soldiers

a person, group, or country that fights in a war or battle

Britain was a major combatant in World War II.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• soldiers
• troopers
• warriors
• fighters
• belligerents
• servicemen
• veterans
• legionaries
• infantrymen
• men-at-arms
• cavalrymen
• commandoes
• dogfaces
• Confederates
• marines
• legionnaires
• servicewomen
• dragoons
• raiders
• carabiniers
• regulars
• cavaliers
• foot soldiers
• doughboys
• carabineers
• guerrillas
• cuirassiers
• riflemen
• guerillas
• rangers
• artillerymen
• recruits
• commandos
• archers
• grunts
• footmen
• musketeers
• cannoneers
• gunners
• partizans
• militiamen
• guardsmen
• crossbowmen
• mortarmen
• pikemen
• spearmen
• GIs
• lancers
• champions
• jarheads
• Continentals
• paramilitaries
• conscripts
• irregulars
• minutemen
• draftees
• partisans
• reservists
• enrollees
• warhorses
• Federals
• counterguerillas
• knights
• gendarmes
• GI's
• lifers
• counterguerrillas
• diggers
• gallowglasses

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilians
• noncombatants