Synonyms for fighter
ˈfaɪ tərfight·er

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1. combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrappernoun

   someone who fights (or is fighting)

   Synonyms:
   fighter aircraft, combatant, attack aircraft, paladin, champion, battler, scrapper, belligerent, hero

2. fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraftnoun

   a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air

   Synonyms:
   fighter aircraft, combatant, attack aircraft, paladin, champion, battler, scrapper, belligerent, hero

3. champion, fighter, hero, paladinnoun

   someone who fights for a cause

   Synonyms:
   belligerent, scrapper, zep, whiz, battler, maven, attack aircraft, protagonist, ace, paladin, whizz, friend, fighter aircraft, torpedo, booster, sub, hotshot, wiz, grinder, mavin, sensation, genius, star, submarine sandwich, title-holder, hero, submarine, virtuoso, wizard, supporter, combatant, bomber, hoagy, adept, wedge, superstar, champ, hero sandwich, admirer, champion, hoagie, poor boy

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1. fighternoun

   Synonyms:
   combatant, warrior, CHAMPION

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1. fighternoun

   Synonyms:
   warrior, champion, combatant, vindicator, gladiator, belligerent

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1. List of paraphrases for "fighter":

   hunting, boxer, hunters, fighters, combatant, hunter, guerrilla, gunship, hunt, warrior, combat, fighting, militant, chasse, jet, veteran, jsf, bellboy, warplane

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1. Tayyip Erdogan:

   One of the attackers in Brussels is an individual we detained in Gaziantep in June 2015 and deported. We reported the deportation to the Belgian Embassy in Ankara on July 14, 2015, but he was later set free, belgium ignored our warning that this person is a foreign fighter.

2. Steve Warren:

   The key is the cumulative effect over time of the damage we have done to them on the battlefield combined with reduced (foreign fighter) flow, so they have to increasingly use younger fighters, conscripts, and security/governance personnel to field their force.

3. Yvonne Chiu:

   All this new equipment -- fighter jets, carrier killing missiles, drones -- give China force projection capability. If all you need is regional defense you don't need all this, it signals China's ambition to be a global military force.

4. Chellie Pingree:

   I knew her to be a tough-as-nails role model and extraordinary communicator, she was the House’s biggest champion against antibiotic misuse and a tireless fighter for the arts.

5. Jay Sullivan:

   I can tell you he certainly never ordered anybody to appear in any photos with a dead ISIS fighter, i can tell you that a re-enlistment ceremony was done on the battlefield and for a Navy SEAL nothing could be more proud and honorable than re-enlisting to serve your country on the battlefield.