Synonyms and Antonyms of soldier
- one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed
carabineer (or carabinier), cavalier, cavalryman, cuirassier, dragoon
doughboy, footman, foot soldier, grunt, infantryman
jarhead [slang], marine, ranger
artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, mortarman, musketeer, rifleman
Confederate, Continental, Federal, GI, guardsman, militiaman, minuteman
counterguerrilla (also counterguerilla), guerrilla (or guerilla), irregular, paramilitary, partisan (also partizan)
conscript, draftee, enrollee, recruit
digger [chiefly Australian & New Zealand], gallowglass, gendarme