Dictionary

Definition of Mercenary

• (a.) Acting for reward; serving for pay; paid; hired; hireling; venal; as, mercenary soldiers.
• (a.) Hence: Moved by considerations of pay or profit; greedy of gain; sordid; selfish.
• (n.) One who is hired; a hireling; especially, a soldier hired into foreign service.

Synonyms of Mercenary

• Soldier Of Fortune
• Bourgeois
• Conservative
• Mercantile
• Worldly-Minded
• Free-Lance(A)
• Materialistic
• Freelance(A)
• Mercenary(A)
• Moneymaking(A)
• Auxiliary
• Accessory
• Ally
• Coadjutor
• Helper
• Promoter
• Aid
• Assistant
• Confederate
• Subordinate
• Worldly
• Secular
• Temporal

Antonyms of Mercenary

• Unworldly
• Unpaid
• Noncommercial
• Antagonist
• Hinderer
• Opponent
• Opposer

Homophones of Mercenary