lifers

noun

plural of lifer
1
as in convicts

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as in veterans

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifers
  1. convicts
  2. veterans
  3. cons
  4. combatants
  5. prisoners
  6. recruits
  7. draftees
  8. conscripts
Noun
  • He is listed among the two hundred convicts who arrived in Sydney aboard the barque Norfolk in August 1829.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • The new bill has a broader base of legislative support and instead uses the preference distinction to incentivize hiring former convicts as opposed to the 15% quota.
    — Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of convicts
Noun
  • The cost to book the arena in those days was a whopping $1,000 a night, though that was discounted to $688 for the American Legion veterans.
    — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The new microdramas platform from Hollywood veterans Jana Winograde, Susan Rovner and Lloyd Braun has launched with an initial slate of projects spanning the horror, comedy and animation genres.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of veterans
Noun
  • Pros & cons 5% cash back rewards on category of choice each month for **Chime Prime members.
    — Ryley Amond, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The pros and cons of school uniforms are often a source of debate.
    — Amy Morin, Parents, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of cons
Noun
  • The Dominion battled right back with a pair of stereo suplexes, but Jamie Hayter and Alex Windsor hit stereo clotheslines as all four combatants were laid out.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • In a campaign known as Operation Wandering Soul, US forces played recordings of eerie sounds and voices where combatants were fighting in the jungle.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of combatants
Noun
  • Gamblers would bet on the fates of prisoners awaiting execution and of prominent people whose illnesses were reported on in the newspaper.
    — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
  • As modern prisons proliferated across the nation, major cities exported prisoners to state prisons in less populated areas.
    — Ella Siegrist, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of prisoners
Noun
  • The two girls were falsely listed as recruits for the university’s crew team, even though neither ever participated in the sport.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Murry Taylor, who jumped for twenty-seven seasons, many of them with Dow, compared the recruits to wild horses.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of recruits
Noun
  • The Warriors brought back almost every major rotation player from last season’s team, with the only newcomers until this week being draftees Yaxel Lendeborg and Lajae Jones.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Last year’s Dolphins team blamed most of the early season struggles (2-7 start) on the draftees playing prominent roles in 2025.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of draftees
Noun
  • Peyr’s book was inspired by the real case of the disappeared of Mourmelon, in which a number of young men, most of them military conscripts, went missing over several years in the 1980s.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The country announced that new conscripts from the Schleswig Infantry will deploy to Greenland for an exercise this month.
    — Max Grinstein, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of conscripts
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“Lifers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifers. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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