Meaning
- (noun) One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
- (noun) A person employed to fight in an armed conflict who is not a member of the state or military group for which they are fighting and whose primary motivation is private gain.
- (noun) One hired to engage in a figurative battle, as a corporate takeover, a lawsuit, or a political campaign.
- (adjective) Motivated by private gain.
Letter breakdown
- Mercenary contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 16.
Words from these letters
- creamery
- creamer
- careen
- career
- creamy
- earner
- meaner
- menace
- nearer
- raceme
- reamer
- rename
- ameer
- carry
- crane
- cream
- emery
- enema
- enemy
- marry
- mercy
- merry
- nacre
- racer
- rearm
- reran
- yearn
- acme
- acne
- acre
- aery
- amen
- army
- came
- cane
- care
- cram
- cray
- earn
- eery
- mace
- mane
- many
- mare
- mean
- mere
- myna
- name
- narc
- nary
- near
- race
- racy
- rare
- ream
- rear
- yarn
- year
- ace
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with MER
- mercantile
- mercenaries
- mercerize
- mercerized
- mercerizes
- mercerizing
- merchandise
- merchandised
- merchandises
- merchandising
- merchandize
- merchandized
- merchandizes
- merchandizing
- merchant
- merchantman
- merchantmen
- merchants
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Words ending with ARY
Reader questions
What does Mercenary mean?
One motivated by gain, especially monetary.
How many letters are in Mercenary?
Mercenary has 9 letters.
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