invader
/ɪnˈveɪ.də(ɹ)/
invader noun: one who invades a region.
Noun
invader (plural invaders)
- One who invades a region.
- He remarks on the growth of the pretensions of the invaders since the treaty between Alfred and Guthrum which put the Northern warriors only on the same level as the twelf[-]hyndmen, or ordinary thegns.1906, Thomas Hodgkin, The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., […]; New York; Bombay, page 436
- The underroot tendril! We are at fault for giving the invader a path to Lady Brianna.2024, Fred Perry, Gold Digger Omnibus #10
- Synonyms:
- assailant, encroacher
- An intruder (especially on someone's privacy).
invader meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
invader in Hindi
- one who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder
- घुसनेवाला ghusnevālā, हमलावर hamlāvar, आक्रमणकारी ākramaṇkārī
invader in Tamil
- படையெடுத்துத் தாக்குபவர்
invader in Urdu
- one who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder
- حَمْلَہ آوَر hamla āvar
invader in Bengali
- one who invades; an assailant; an encroacher; an intruder
- আক্রমণকারী akromonkari
More languagesFewer languages
- invader in Malayalam
- അക്രമി, ആക്രമണകാരി, ആക്രമിക്കുന്നവൻ
- invader in Kannada
- ಆಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರ, ದಾಳಿಕಾರ
- invader in Sanskrit
- यावन् yā́van
- invader in Pashto
- یرغلګر yarǧalgár
- invader in Arabic
- غَازٍ ḡāzin, الْغَازِي al-ḡāzī
- invader in Malay
- penceroboh
- invader in Indonesian
- penjajah, penyerbu, penginvasi
- invader in Thai
- ผู้รุกราน pûu-rúk-raan
- invader in Vietnamese
- kẻ xâm lược
- invader in Myanmar
- ကျူးကျော်ဝင်ရောက်သူ kyu:kyauwang-rauksu, ကျူးကျော်သူ kyu:kyausu
Examples of invader in a sentence
- Many Irish are actually dark-haired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.
- The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.
- The rebel units coalesced into one army to fight the invaders.
Synonyms of invader
Forms of invader
| plural | invaders |
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Origin of invader
From invade + -er.
Words formed from invader
Words that rhyme with invader
5 more rhymesFewer rhymes
Questions about invader
- What does invader mean?
- Invader means one who invades a region.
- What is invader in Hindi?
- Invader in Hindi is घुसनेवाला (ghusnevālā), हमलावर (hamlāvar), आक्रमणकारी (ākramaṇkārī). See Invader meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is invader?
- Invader is a noun.
- How do you pronounce invader?
- Invader is pronounced /ɪnˈveɪ.də(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of invader?
- The plural of invader is invaders.
Words near invader in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: invader (page history and authors); invader (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invader (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); invader (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); यावन् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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