'Fighter' definitions:
Definition of 'fighter'
(from WordNet)
noun
noun
A high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air [syn: fighter, fighter aircraft, attack aircraft]
noun
Definition of 'Fighter'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'fighter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bantamweight,
- battler,
- belligerent,
- belted knight,
- bickerer,
- black belt,
- blade,
- boxer,
- bravo,
- brawler,
- brown belt,
- bruiser,
- bully,
- bullyboy,
- Chinese boxer,
- 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