WARRIORS Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

warriors

noun

plural of warrior

as in soldiers

a person engaged in military service a program of tough training and discipline that turns untried civilians into warriors

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Recent Examples of warriors In other cases, the warriors look unrecognizable, and more like odd scribbles. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 15 Oct. 2026 Her most poignant work centers around the female nomadic warriors. — Yulia Denisyuk, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026 With a roster of A-list session warriors, including drummers Matt Chamberlain and Jay Bellerose, their backing band and orchestra lend a grandeur to the LP that finally matched their aesthetic ambitions and gothic lore. — Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 Not that many people are in for it – there are keyboard warriors who love to act out online, but to actually show up is a totally different thing. — Justin Levitt, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026 Déclassé warriors, sometimes joined by street toughs from other walks of life, gave themselves the airs of swashbuckling samurai. — Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Behind the iconic temples, fearless warriors, and legendary philosophers are countless stories that rarely make it into history books. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026 Working frequently with stylist Ib Kamara, Pavarotti casts Black models as goddesses, queens, or warriors. — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026 On June 21, Langlade and more than two hundred Ojibwe and Odawa soldiers attacked while most of the Miami warriors were away at their summer hunting camps and the women were working in the fields outside the walls. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

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Our soldiers, who have been on the front line for weeks and months, are being delivered food and water using appropriate drones with Starlink.

— Kristin Wright, NPR, 18 Oct. 2026
An Army officer who fought with his superiors for his soldiers’ safety.

— Washington Post readers, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

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Both Chun-Li and her boss have ulterior motives, Bison seeking to exploit the fighters’ powers for his own nefarious end and Chun-Li secretly an Interpol agent seeking to take Bison down for having murdered her father.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
What started as a capture and extraction mission turned into hell on Earth after multiple helicopters were hit by Somalia fighters.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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