fighter
Plural: fighters
Noun
- One who engages in combat or conflict; a determined competitor.
- someone who fights (or is fighting)
- a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air
- someone who fights for a cause
- A person who fights; a combatant.
- A warrior; a fighting soldier.
- A pugnacious, competitive person.
- A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness.
- A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
- A class of fixed-wing aircraft whose primary purpose is to shoot down other aircraft, sometimes accompanied by a secondary purpose of attacking ground targets.
- A starfighter
- A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- A firefighter.
- A game with a focus on physical combat.
Examples
- He was a true FIGHTER on the Words With Friends board, never giving up until the final tile.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.
Synonyms
attack aircraft, battler, belligerent, champion, combatant, fighter aircraft, hero, paladin, scrapper, soldier, warrior
Scrabble Score: 14
fighter: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordfighter: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fighter: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary