Admiral synonyms

ăd'mər-əl

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officer (related)
A person appointed to a position of authority in the armed forces; specif., commissioned officer
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captain (related)
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commander of the fleet
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commander-in-chief
Alternative spelling of commander in chief.
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fleet admiral (related)
(U.S. Navy) An officer of the highest rank, a specially conferred one above that of admiral: the rank, created during WWII, has not been conferred since
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chief of naval operations
The ranking officer of the US Navy, responsible to the secretary of the Navy and to the President.
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naval officer
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major-general (related)
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full admiral
the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
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colonel (related)
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vice-admiral (related)
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capt (related)
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rear-admiral (related)
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lieutenant (related)
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brigadier (related)
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admiralty
The department of the British government that once had control over all naval affairs.
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lieutenant-general (related)
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lt col (related)
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office of the admiral
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Find another word for admiral. In this page you can discover 19 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for admiral, like: officer, captain, commander of the fleet, commander-in-chief, fleet admiral, chief of naval operations, naval officer, major-general, full admiral, colonel and vice-admiral.
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Admiral Sentence Examples

  • The legend that the admiral was a Roman Catholic has no authority.

  • In 1762 Havana was captured after a long resistance by a British force under Admiral Sir George Pocock and the earl of Albemarle, with heavy loss to the besiegers.

  • After capturing Algiers, an attack by this famous admiral on Tunis was repulsed with the aid of Spain, but in the Mediterranean he maintained a hotlycontested struggle with Charles's admiral, Andrea Doria.

  • Ibrahim, taking this as a breach of the convention, set sail from Navarino northwards, but was turned back by Sir Edward Codrington, the British admiral.

  • The news of Nezib was immediately followed by that of the treason of Ahmed Pasha, the Ottoman Mejid, admiral, who, on the plea that the sultan's coun- 1839-1861.

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