Military Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭlĭ-tĕrē
Relating to, characteristic of, or performed by troops
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. martial
  2. soldierly
Antonyms:
  1. unmilitary
  2. civilian
The military forces of a nation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. army
  2. armed-forces
  3. air-force
  4. military establishment
  5. battalion
  6. cavalry
  7. commando
  8. soldiery
  9. detachment
  10. infantry
  11. junta
  12. legion
  13. marines
  14. armed services
  15. the Pentagon
  16. navy
  17. outpost
  18. paratroops
  19. phalanx
  20. rearguard
  21. military machine
  22. reinforcements
  23. task-force
  24. war-machine
Of, relating to, or inclined toward war
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. martial
  2. army
  3. warlike
  4. militaristic
  5. armed
  6. bellicose
  7. militant
  8. fighting
  9. combatant
  10. soldierly
  11. combative
  12. service
  13. naval
  14. noncivil
  15. for war
Antonyms:
  1. civilian

Words Related to Military

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. aggressive
  2. peace
  3. the-military
  4. diplomatic
  5. nato
  6. counter-insurgency
  7. counterinsurgency
  8. u-s
  9. ground-forces
  10. nonmilitary
  11. strategic-bombing
  12. warfare

Military Sentence Examples

  • Military science says that the more troops the greater the strength.

  • There are sacrifices in any military campaign.

  • This contradiction arises from the fact that military science assumes the strength of an army to be identical with its numbers.

  • Helicopters thumped in the distance while military patrols roared overhead.

  • The rest of the military is overseas.

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