Guerrilla

Quick meaning: Guerrilla is a noun meaning A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

Meaning

A soldier in a small independent group, fighting against the government or regular forces by surprise raids.

More Meanings

1. (now rare) A non-official war carried out by small independent groups; a guerrilla war.
2. A marketer who uses guerrilla marketing techniques.
3. A maker of guerrilla television.
4. (military) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla warfare, or its principles of small independent or non-official perpetrators.
5. (marketing) Relating to, using, or typical of guerrilla marketing.
6. Using unconventional, non-traditional, non-mainstream and often subversive practices to achieve something.

Example Sentences

We took a very guerrilla approach to marketing Goin' Hollywood, in keeping with the irreverent tone of the game.

The right-wing paramilitary's offensive against the Marxist guerrillas failed because they did not know the terrain well enough.

"Mozilla's marketing has been very guerrilla. You're not seeing it spend millions of dollars on TV. Instead, it's a powerful ground swell.

The Slovak uprising in the latter days was not guerrilla in character, which, incidentally, may have been one of the reasons for its failure.

Word Forms

• guerrillas
• guerilla

Synonyms for guerrilla

Depending on context, synonyms include guerrillero, insurgent, irregular, guerilla, underground.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include guerilla, partisan, partizan, insurgent, underground, irregular.

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