What does "fighter" mean?
A person who fights; a combatant.
Fighter
/ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person who fights; a combatant.
- Grammar: fighter is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: combatant, fighter aircraft, warrior, air superiority fighter.
- Useful contrasts: bomber, cargo plane, defeatist.
- Usage evidence: The fighter toughened up for the bout.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
- 4 someone who fights for a cause wordnet
- 5 A pugnacious, competitive person.
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- 6 someone who fights (or is fighting) wordnet
- 7 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"
- 8 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.
- 9 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."
- 10 A participant in boxing or any martial art.
- 11 A firefighter. colloquial
- 12 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."
Synonyms
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Example
"The fighter toughened up for the bout."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "fighter"?
Common synonyms include: combatant, fighter aircraft, warrior, air superiority fighter, airplane, anzac.
How do you use "fighter" in a sentence?
The fighter toughened up for the bout.
How do you pronounce "fighter"?
Pronounced /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/.
Etymology
From Middle English fightere, fyghtor, feghtere, feghtare, fiȝtare, fiȝtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er.