ENLIST: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ENLIST?

Need another word that means the same as “enlist”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “enlist” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Enlist” are: draft, muster in, engage, join up, recruit, call up, enrol, sign up, obtain, win, get, procure, secure

Enlist as a Verb

Definitions of "Enlist" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “enlist” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Engage somebody to enter the army.
• Hire for work or assistance.
• Enrol or be enrolled in the armed services.
• Join the military.
• Engage (a person or their help or support.

Synonyms of "Enlist" as a verb (13 Words)

call up	Send a message or attempt to reach someone by radio, phone, etc.; make a signal to in order to transmit a message.
draft	Select a player for a sports team through the draft. Draft a speech.
engage	Keep engaged. He was engaged as a trainee copywriter.
enrol	Register formally as a participant or member. A campaign to enrol more foster carers.
get	Take vengeance on or get even. I just don t get him.
join up	Become part of; become a member of a group or organization.
muster in	Gather or bring together.
obtain	Get, acquire, or secure (something. Adequate insurance cover is difficult to obtain.
procure	Obtain (something), especially with care or effort. He procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account.
recruit	Form (an army or other force) by enlisting new people. She recruited her children to help run the racket.
secure	Cause to be firmly attached. Doors are likely to be well secured at night.
sign up	Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs.
win	Win something through one s efforts. You will find it difficult to win back their attention.

Usage Examples of "Enlist" as a verb

• Hundreds of thousands of recruits had been enlisted.
• The company enlisted the help of independent consultants.
• He enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service.

Associations of "Enlist" (30 Words)

armed	Furnished with bristles and thorns. A lion rampant argent armed and langued azure.
armored	Used of animals; provided with protective covering.
army	The army of the United States of America the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare. He joined the army at 16.
artillery	Large but transportable armament. Each corps included two regiments of field artillery.
battalion	A large body of troops ready for battle, especially an infantry unit forming part of a brigade. A battalion of ants.
brigade	Form or unite into a brigade. The militia which was brigaded with regular formations to improve its training.
brigadier	A general officer ranking below a major general.
byzantine	Of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it.
cantonment	Temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers.
colonel	A commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general.
combatant	A person engaged in conflict or competition with another. All the combatant armies went to war with machine guns.
conscription	Compulsory military service. Conscription was extended to married men.
corps	A main subdivision of an army in the field, consisting of two or more divisions. At 9 30 a m the press corps was handed what looked to be a routine list of orders.
demobilize	Release from military service or remove from the active list of military service. Germany demanded that they demobilize within twelve hours.
disarm	Make less hostile; win over. His tact and political skills will disarm critics.
disarmament	The reduction or withdrawal of military forces and weapons. Disarmament treaties between America and the former Soviet Union.
enrol	Recruit (someone) to perform a service. The endowment of religious houses cannot be measured simply by the licences enrolled in chancery.
enroll	Register formally as a participant or member.
inroad	An instance of something being encroached on or reduced by something else. They made inroads in the United States market.
legionary	Of an ancient Roman legion. The legionary fortress of Isca.
martial	Suggesting war or military life. Martial law.
mercenary	Serving for wages in a foreign army. She s nothing but a mercenary little gold digger.
militia	A military force that engages in rebel or terrorist activities in opposition to a regular army. Creating a militia was no answer to the army s manpower problem.
muster	(of troops) gather for inspection or in preparation for battle. He attended the musters which were called to train all able bodied men.
navy	The ships of a navy. We built their navy.
recruit	A new member of an organization or supporter of a cause. There are plans to recruit more staff later this year.
regiment	Assign to a regiment. Regiment soldiers.
sergeant	A lawman with the rank of sergeant.
soldier	Serve as a soldier in the military. I soldiered with your father on his last four campaigns.
vanguard	The leading units moving at the head of an army. The prototype was in the vanguard of technical development.