Definition of mercenary

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• mercenary is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 16
• mercenary is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 16
• mercenary is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 18

Definition of mercenary

• serving for wages in a foreign army (adjective)

  Examples

  1. mercenary killers

  Synonyms

  1. free-lance
  2. freelance
• a person hired to fight for another country than their own (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. soldier of fortune
• profit oriented (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a mercenary enterprise

  Synonyms

  1. mercantile
  2. moneymaking
• marked by materialism (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. materialistic
  2. worldly-minded

See definition of mercenary in Merriam Webster