What does warrior mean?
Word: Warrior
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Warrior means a brave and experienced fighter, especially one from long ago.
Synonyms: fighter, combatant
How do you spell warrior?
Syllables: war - ri - or
Tricky part: There is a double r, and the ending is ior. Students write warior, warrier or even worrior.
Watch out for: warior, warrier, warriar
Memory tip: Start with war, add a second r, then finish with ior, the ending of junior and senior.
Warrior in a sentence
Example 1: The poem tells of a warrior who chose peace over glory.
Example 2: In the Mahabharata, Arjuna is the greatest archer among the warriors.
Example 3: Our kabaddi team calls itself the Warriors.
Fun Fact
Warrior came into English about 700 years ago from an Old French word for a fighter, built on the same root as the word war.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the synonym of the word warrior as it is used in the sentence:
In the school play, Tara acted as a warrior who guards the gate of a hill fort.
a) farmer
b) singer
c) trader
d) soldier
Show answer
d) soldier. A warrior is a soldier of the old kind; farmers, traders and singers do other kinds of work.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
In the Republic Day tableau, a brave rrowiar queen rode at the front on a white horse.
a) barrier
b) warrior
c) farrier
d) carrier
Show answer
b) warrior. Barrier, carrier and farrier all end in ier, but the jumble has no e, so only warrior fits.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. champian 2. couragous 3. warrior 4. legand
a) a bold fighter, often in old stories
b) the winner of a contest
c) a very old story passed down the years
d) very brave
Show answer
a) a bold fighter, often in old stories. Courageous keeps the e of courage, and champion and legend need io and e, not ia and a.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
In the museum at Jaipur, a tall statue of a Rajput warrior stood beside a glass case of beautifully embroidred silk turbans and sashes.
a) statue
b) embroidred
c) turbans
d) warrior
Show answer
b) embroidred. Embroider ends in er, and that e stays when ed is added: embroidered.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does an eco-warrior do?
a) sells eco-friendly bags
b) works hard to protect nature
c) paints forest scenes
d) studies old castles
Show answer
b) works hard to protect nature
2. Which word sounds close to warrior but means a person who frets a lot?
a) wanderer
b) worrier
c) waiter
d) wearer
Show answer
b) worrier
