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See definition of bruiser on Dictionary.com
  • as infighter
  • as ingangster
  • as ingoon
  • as inpugilist
  • as intough
  • as intoughie

synonyms for bruiser

  • assailant
  • boxer
  • champion
  • combatant
  • mercenary
  • militant
  • opponent
  • soldier
  • tanker
  • warlord
  • warrior
  • GI
  • aggressor
  • antagonist
  • battler
  • belligerent
  • brawler
  • bully
  • competitor
  • contender
  • contestant
  • disputant
  • duelist
  • gladiator
  • heavy
  • pugilist
  • rival
  • scrapper
  • slugger
  • wildcat
  • jouster
  • person-at-arms
  • punching bag
  • serviceperson
On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to bruiser, such as: assailant, boxer, champion, combatant, mercenary, and militant.

antonyms for bruiser

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  • peacemaker
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          How to use bruiser in a sentence

          Aesthetically, his game doesn’t look like Kawhi Leonard’s, but he’s got a similar shot profile, and he’s an absolute bruiser inside the arc.
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          The coaching staff also often speaks highly of Peyton Barber, a bruiser mostly used in short-yardage situations.
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          Oh, that half-jockey, half-bruiser countenance, I never forgot it!
          LAVENGROGEORGE BORROW
          Expert electrician, mechanic, sport spoiler and bruiser, eh?
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          When Young Davey came in I thought he'd have you out on the road for a certainty, and he's a pretty bruiser.
          THE PIONEERSKATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD
          Frank appreciated the kindness of the big bruiser, whose admiration he had won by giving him a severe thrashing.
          FRANK MERRIWELL'S RACESBURT L. STANDISH
          Then he stepped through the door carefully, to make sure that the big bruiser hadn't come back.
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          He would rescue her from this bully, this gentleman bruiser.
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          Oh, that half jockey half bruiser countenance, I never forgot it!
          LAVENGROGEORGE BORROW
          An attempt had been made to prejudice the prisoner Byron by the statement that he was a notorious professional bruiser.
          CASHEL BYRON'S PROFESSIONGEORGE BERNARD SHAW
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