What does "fighter" mean?

A person who fights; a combatant.

What is a synonym for "fighter"?

Common synonyms include: combatant, combatant, warrior, airplane, attack aircraft, bantamweight.

//ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)// noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Noun

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A person who fights; a combatant.
2
a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air wordnet
3
A warrior; a fighting soldier.
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someone who fights for a cause wordnet
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A pugnacious, competitive person.

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someone who fights (or is fighting) wordnet
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A person with a strong determination to resist protracted or severe adversity, especially illness. poetic
"Little weapons / Over the phone / They like to threaten / The life that I know / They say "Get over here and get into the ring" / But I'm not really much of a fighter"
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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.
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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 broadly
"Task Force 42 consisted of almost two dozen main line spinships, including the carriers Olympus Shadow and Neptune Station. Each of these can launch more than a hundred fighters or ALRs."
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A participant in boxing or any martial art.
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A firefighter. colloquial
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A game with a focus on physical combat.
"Still, it's excellent software, especially for one-on-one fighting titles such as the King Of Fighters series, classic Street Fighter II variants, and newer one-on-one fighters such as Garou."