Thesaurus:mercenary

Thesaurus

mercenary

English

Noun

Sense: a person paid to fight in an armed conflict, primarily for personal gain

Synonyms

• adventurer
• bravo
• condottiere
• filibuster
• freebooter
• freelance
• free companion
• hired gun
• hireling
• hit man
• merc
• mercenary
• private military contractor
• sellsword
• soldier of fortune

Hyponyms

• assassin
• bouncer
• bodyguard

Hypernyms

• employee
• fighter
• payee
• person    [⇒ thesaurus]
• soldier    [⇒ thesaurus]

Further reading

• “726. combatant” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “mercenary” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.