All freebooter synonyms

noun freebooter

• bandit — Robbers are sometimes called bandits, especially if they are found in areas where the law has broken down.
• looter — spoils or plunder taken by pillaging, as in war.
• robber — a person who robs.
• raider — a person or thing that raids.
• traveler — a person or thing that travels.
• drifter — a person or thing that drifts.
• maverick — Southwestern U.S. an unbranded calf, cow, or steer, especially an unbranded calf that is separated from its mother.
• hijacker — a person who hijacks.
• pilferer — petty thief
• rustler — a cattle thief.
• viking — any of the Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries.
• outlaw — a lawless person or habitual criminal, especially one who is a fugitive from the law.
• thief — a person who steals, especially secretly or without open force; one guilty of theft or larceny.
• plunderer — to rob of goods or valuables by open force, as in war, hostile raids, brigandage, etc.: to plunder a town.
• corsair — a pirate
• buccaneer — A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• pirate — software pirate
• rover — a familiar name for a dog.
• privateer — an armed ship that is privately owned and manned, commissioned by a government to fight or harass enemy ships.
• marauder — to roam or go around in quest of plunder; make a raid for booty: Freebooters were marauding all across the territory.
• filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
• vandal — (initial capital letter) a member of a Germanic people who in the 5th century a.d. ravaged Gaul and Spain, settled in Africa, and in a.d. 455 sacked Rome.
• spoiler — a person or thing that spoils.
• pillager — to strip ruthlessly of money or goods by open violence, as in war; plunder: The barbarians pillaged every conquered city.
• desperado — A desperado is someone who does illegal, violent things without worrying about the danger.
• highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
• soldier — a person who serves in an army; a person engaged in military service.
• footpad — a highwayman or robber who goes on foot.
• distress — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
• privation — lack of the usual comforts or necessaries of life: His life of privation began to affect his health.
• lack — something missing or needed: After he left, they really felt the lack.
• vessel — a craft for traveling on water, now usually one larger than an ordinary rowboat; a ship or boat.
• ship — a romantic relationship between fictional characters, especially one that people discuss, write about, or take an interest in, whether or not the romance actually exists in the original book, show, etc.: popular ships in fan fiction.
• penury — extreme poverty; destitution.
• pauperism — the state or condition of utter poverty.
• wanderer — a Covenanter persecuted by Charles II and James II, especially one who fled home to follow rebellious Presbyterian ministers who refused to accept episcopacy.
• itinerant — traveling from place to place, especially on a circuit, as a minister, judge, or sales representative; itinerating; journeying.
• vagrant — a person who wanders about idly and has no permanent home or employment; vagabond; tramp.
• migrant — migrating, especially of people; migratory.
• rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
• opportunist — a person who practices opportunism, or the policy of adapting actions, decisions, etc., to effectiveness regardless of the sacrifice of ethical principles: He is an extreme opportunist and always thinks the ends justify the means.
• speculator — a person who is engaged in commercial or financial speculation.
• fortune hunter — a person who hopes to prosper, especially through marriage to someone of wealth.
• swashbuckler — a swaggering swordsman, soldier, or adventurer; daredevil.
• chancer — You can refer to someone as a chancer if you think they use opportunities for their own advantage and often pretend to have skills they do not have.
• carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
• depredator — A person or thing that makes depredations, especially a predatory animal.
• hoodlum — a thug or gangster.
• nomad — a member of a people or tribe that has no permanent abode but moves about from place to place, usually seasonally and often following a traditional route or circuit according to the state of the pasturage or food supply.
• ravager — to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.