[syn: champion, fighter, hero, paladin]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Fighter \Fight"er\ (f[imac]t"[~e]r), n. [AS. feohtere.]
1. One who fights; a combatant; a warrior. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A boxer; a pugilist.
[PJC]
3. A person with the determination and will to persist
through great difficulty to achieve a goal; one with the
courage to fight and resist an opponent, and to struggle
with all one's powers.
[PJC]
4. (Mil.) A military aircraft designed to seek out and
destroy enemy aircraft; it is usually smaller and more
maneuvarable than aircraft designed specifically for
bombing. However, hybrid fighter-bomber aircraft that
perform both functions also are used.
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
fighter
n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]
2: a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy
enemy aircraft in the air [syn: fighter, fighter
aircraft, attack aircraft]
3: someone who fights for a cause [syn: champion, fighter,
hero, paladin]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
82 Moby Thesaurus words for "fighter":
Chinese boxer, bantamweight, battler, belligerent, belted knight,
bickerer, black belt, blade, boxer, bravo, brawler, brown belt,
bruiser, bully, bullyboy, combatant, competitor, contender,
contestant, disputant, duelist, enforcer, featherweight, fencer,
feuder, fighting cock, fighting man, fisticuffer, flyweight,
foilsman, gamecock, gladiator, goon, gorilla, hatchet man,
heavyweight, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, jouster, karate expert,
knight, light heavyweight, lightweight, man-at-arms, middleweight,
militant, palooka, plug-ugly, prizefighter, pug, pugilist,
quarreler, rioter, rival, rough, rowdy, ruffian, sabreur,
savate expert, scrapper, scuffler, serviceman, sparrer, squabbler,
strong arm, strong-arm man, strong-armer, struggler, swaddy,
swashbuckler, sweat, sword, swordplayer, swordsman, thug, tilter,
tough, tussler, warrior, welterweight, wrangler