Mercenary

//ˈmɜː.sə.nə.ɹi//

Synonyms for "mercenary" (118 found)

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Closest matches (24)

Adjective(1 words)
commercial

Strong matches (35)

Adjective(2 words)
free-lancefreelance
Adjective(1 words)
greedy

Related words (59)

Adjective(1 words)
venal

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13 entries

Synonyms

6 entries

Related terms

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derived

6 entries

is a

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related to

8 entries

similar

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Translations

120 translations across 58 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • marrdhanës noun (person employed to fight)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • μισθοφόρος adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • μισθοφόρος noun (person employed to fight)
  • ἐπίκουρος noun (person employed to fight)

Arabic

3 entries
  • مُؤْجِر adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • مُؤْجِر noun (person employed to fight)
  • مُرْتَزِق noun (person employed to fight)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վարձկան noun (person employed to fight)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • muzdlu döyüşçü noun (person employed to fight)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • наймі́т noun (person employed to fight)
  • наймі́тка noun (person employed to fight)
  • наёмнік noun (person employed to fight)
  • наёмніца noun (person employed to fight)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • користен adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • нае́мник noun (person employed to fight)
  • нае́мница noun (person employed to fight)
  • нае́мничка noun (person employed to fight)

Catalan

1 entries
  • mercenari noun (person employed to fight)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 唯利是圖 /唯利是图 adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • 傭兵 /佣兵 noun (person employed to fight)
  • 僱傭兵 /雇佣兵 noun (person employed to fight)

Czech

2 entries
  • žoldnéř noun (person employed to fight)
  • žoldák noun (person employed to fight)

Danish

1 entries
  • lejesoldat noun (person employed to fight)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geldbelust adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • hebzuchtig adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • huurling noun (person employed to fight)
  • huursoldaat noun (person employed to fight)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • dungosoldato noun (person employed to fight)

Estonian

1 entries
  • palgasõdur noun (person employed to fight)

Faroese

1 entries
  • leiguhermaður noun (person employed to fight)

Finnish

3 entries
  • rahanahne adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • palkkasotilas noun (person employed to fight)
  • palkkasoturi noun (person employed to fight)

French

2 entries
  • mercenaire adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • mercenaire noun (person employed to fight)

Galician

1 entries
  • mercenario noun (person employed to fight)

Georgian

1 entries
  • დაქირავებული ჯარისკაცი noun (person employed to fight)

German

4 entries
  • geldgierig adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • gewinnsüchtig adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • käuflich adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • Legionär noun (person employed to fight)

Greek

3 entries
  • ιδιοτελής adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • μισθοφορικός adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • μισθοφόρος noun (person employed to fight)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שְׂכִיר חֶרֶב noun (person employed to fight)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • zsoldos noun (person employed to fight)
  • zsoldoskatona noun (person employed to fight)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • málaliði noun (person employed to fight)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • tentara bayaran noun (person employed to fight)

Irish

1 entries
  • amhas noun (person employed to fight)

Italian

2 entries
  • mercenario adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • mercenario noun (person employed to fight)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 実利的 adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • 傭兵 noun (person employed to fight)

Kazakh

4 entries
  • жалдамашы noun (person employed to fight)
  • жалданба noun (person employed to fight)
  • жалданушы noun (person employed to fight)
  • жалшы noun (person employed to fight)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទាហានស៊ីឈ្នួល noun (person employed to fight)

Korean

1 entries
  • 용병 noun (person employed to fight)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жалданма noun (person employed to fight)

Latin

2 entries
  • mercenarius adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • mercēnārius noun (person employed to fight)

Latvian

1 entries
  • algotnis noun (person employed to fight)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • samdinys noun (person employed to fight)

Macedonian

3 entries
  • користољу́бив adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • платеник noun (person employed to fight)
  • платеничка noun (person employed to fight)

Malay

1 entries
  • askar upahan noun (person employed to fight)

Norman

1 entries
  • mèrcénaithe noun (person employed to fight)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • leiesoldat noun (person employed to fight)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • leigesoldat noun (person employed to fight)

Occitan

1 entries
  • mercenari noun (person employed to fight)

Persian

1 entries
  • مزدور noun (person employed to fight)

Polish

4 entries
  • interesowny adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • wyrachowany adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • najemnica noun (person employed to fight)
  • najemnik noun (person employed to fight)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • mercenário adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • mercenário noun (person employed to fight)

Romanian

1 entries
  • mercenar noun (person employed to fight)

Russian

4 entries
  • коры́стный adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • корыстолюби́вый adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • найми́т noun (person employed to fight)
  • найми́тка noun (person employed to fight)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • nájamnica noun (person employed to fight)
  • nájamnīk noun (person employed to fight)
  • plȃćenica noun (person employed to fight)
  • plȃćenīk noun (person employed to fight)

Slovak

2 entries
  • žoldnier noun (person employed to fight)
  • žoldnierka noun (person employed to fight)

Slovene

2 entries
  • najemnik noun (person employed to fight)
  • plačanec noun (person employed to fight)

Spanish

2 entries
  • mercenario adj (motivated by personal gain)
  • mercenario noun (person employed to fight)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mamluki noun (person employed to fight)

Swedish

1 entries
  • legosoldat noun (person employed to fight)

Tajik

2 entries
  • мардикор noun (person employed to fight)
  • муздур noun (person employed to fight)

Thai

2 entries
  • ทหารรับจ้าง noun (person employed to fight)
  • ผู้รับจ้างรบ noun (person employed to fight)

Turkish

1 entries
  • paralı asker noun (person employed to fight)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • на́йманець noun (person employed to fight)
  • на́йманка noun (person employed to fight)
  • найми́т noun (person employed to fight)
  • найми́тка noun (person employed to fight)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • yollanma askar noun (person employed to fight)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lính đánh thuê noun (person employed to fight)
  • tay sai noun (person employed to fight)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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He is very mercenary.

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So you're a mercenary, right?

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As a mercenary, did you participate in torture sessions?

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Tom was a mercenary.

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