lifer

noun

Definition of lifernext
1
as in con

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as in veteran

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Recent Examples of lifer Interim manager Andy Green, a baseball lifer, had never seen anything like it. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026 As in current Heat assistant coach Caron Butler, a seeming Heat lifer throughout. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2026 Cue is an Apple lifer, having joined the company in 1989. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 June 2026 Onstage as on your phone, Dylan was searching for new limits Wednesday — a lifer grinding toward the sublime. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for lifer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lifer
  1. con
  2. veteran
  3. convict
  4. combatant
  5. jailbird
  6. warhorse
  7. prisoner
  8. draftee
Noun
  • Stapley’s own fascination with the art of the con began after her mother was conned out of her life savings.
    — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Jonathan Curtiss Sherman Oaks Pros and cons The WNBA has seen a very positive increase the last few years in viewership, ratings and salaries, which is good for them.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of con
Noun
  • The 30-year veteran firefighter was battling pancreatic cancer.
    — Ginger Allen, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As for music, expect a broad menu of noisemakers with national, regional and local buzz, programmed by co-organizer and veteran music promoter Steev Rullman of PureHoney Magazine and Bumblefest fame.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of veteran
Noun
  • The show, which follows an ex-convict who seeks revenge on the lawyer who represented him, stars Javier Bardem, Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson, and is produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
    — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
  • Sochor is scheduled to be the second Broward convict executed this year.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026
Definition of convict
Noun
  • If a foreign state treated these law enforcement operations as armed conflict, the private sector employees running them would not be combatants under international law and would not have POW or other protections.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Hours of fierce fighting between government troops and militias that killed dozens of combatants in Somalia’s southwestern city of Baidoa also left at least four civilians dead and 98 others wounded, a hospital official said Tuesday.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of combatant
Noun
  • But these jailbirds aren’t using their own fingers to fire off missives or create clones.
    — Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
  • And these seven crooked cops are just the tip of the MSP jailbird iceberg.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of jailbird
Noun
  • The two old warhorses spent six years together at Madrid and won four Champions League titles.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 2 July 2026
  • Strange but true; there could be a little more life in this old warhorse yet.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 2026
Definition of warhorse
Noun
  • Or building a detention center for federal prisoners in the middle of the Everglades?
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The 2015 action film, set in a post-apocalyptic desert wasteland, stars Theron as warrior Imperator Furiosa, who leads the daring escape of female prisoners from a tyrannical ruler.
    — Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of prisoner
Noun
  • Last year’s Dolphins team blamed most of the early season struggles (2-7 start) on the draftees playing prominent roles in 2025.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Coleman Borthwick is among the 2026 draftees building up at the Peoria Sports Complex.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of draftee

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“Lifer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lifer. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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