fighter A2 Topic:War & Conflict US /ˈfaɪtɚ/ UK /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ See IPA manual Freq #3707 Meanings 1 noun A person who fights, especially in a war or a sport like boxing. The young fighter won his first professional match. 2 noun A person who keeps trying hard despite serious difficulty or illness. Even after the diagnosis, she remained a real fighter. 3 noun A fast military aircraft built to destroy enemy planes. Two fighters roared across the sky. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who fights,... belligerent 3 noun · a fast military aircraft... fighter aircraft More combatantsoldierwarrior Word family Forms fighters Derived forms bullfighterbushfightercockfightercopyfightercrime-fightercrimefighterfighter-bomberfighter-interceptorfighteressfistfighterforefightergunfighter Related forms combatant Common collocations freedom fighter Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er. fightere Middle English feohtere Old English View etymology graph -> Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # fighter **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈfaɪtɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfaɪ.tə(ɹ)/ **Frequency rank:** 3707 ## Meanings 1. A person who fights, especially in a war or a sport like boxing. 2. A person who keeps trying hard despite serious difficulty or illness. 3. A fast military aircraft built to destroy enemy planes. ## Examples - The young fighter won his first professional match. - Even after the diagnosis, she remained a real fighter. - Two fighters roared across the sky. ## Synonyms - combatant - soldier - warrior ## Derived Forms - bullfighter - bushfighter - cockfighter - copyfighter - crime-fighter - crimefighter - fighter-bomber - fighter-interceptor - fighteress - fistfighter - forefighter - gunfighter ## Related Forms - combatant ## Roots and Affixes - Root: fightere - Root: feohtere ## Etymology From Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er. ## AI Etymology Fighter comes from Middle English fightere, feghtere, from Old English feohtere. Equivalent to fight + -er. In current use, the main senses are “A person who fights, especially in a war or a sport like boxing” and “A person who keeps trying hard despite serious difficulty or illness”. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown