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

Need another word that means the same as “military”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “military” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Military” are: fighting, armed, soldierly, martial, military machine, war machine, army, forces, services, militia, soldiery

Military as a Noun

Definitions of "Military" as a noun

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

• The military forces of a nation.
• The armed forces of a country.

Synonyms of "Military" as a noun (7 Words)

army	The army of the United States of America the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare. An army of photographers.
forces	The influence that produces a change in a physical quantity.
military machine	The military forces of a nation.
militia	(in the US) all able-bodied civilians eligible by law for military service. Their troops were untrained militia.
services	A means of serving. The mayor tried to maintain city services.
soldiery	Soldiers collectively. The arts of soldiery.
war machine	A legal state created by a declaration of war and ended by official declaration during which the international rules of war apply.

Usage Examples of "Military" as a noun

• Their military is the largest in the region.
• Most militaries remain subordinate to civilian authorities.
• As a young man he joined the military and pursued a career in the Army.
• The military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker.

Military as an Adjective

Definitions of "Military" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “military” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare.
• Relating to or characteristic of soldiers or armed forces.
• Characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military.
• Associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians.

Synonyms of "Military" as an adjective (4 Words)

armed	Involving the use of firearms. The many armed goddess Shiva.
fighting	Engaged in or ready for military or naval operations. He was a fighting man.
martial	Suggesting war or military life. Martial bravery.
soldierly	Befitting a warrior. It is not soldierly to shrink from the perils of the field.

Usage Examples of "Military" as an adjective

• He organized his shows with military precision.
• Military uniforms.
• The build-up of military activity.
• Military police.

Associations of "Military" (30 Words)

ammunition	Projectiles to be fired from a gun. Guns ammunition and explosives.
armament	A military force equipped for war. Instruments of disarmament rather than of armament.
armed	Equipped with or carrying a firearm or firearms. Heavily armed troops.
arms	Weapons considered collectively. Arms exports.
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.
arsenal	A collection of weapons and military equipment. We have an arsenal of computers at our disposal.
artillery	An army unit that uses big guns. Each corps included two regiments of field artillery.
battlefield	A place or situation of strife or conflict. Battlefield conditions.
cantonment	A military garrison or camp.
combatant	A person or nation engaged in fighting during a war. In the long Russo Swedish conflict both combatants endured terrible sacrifices.
disarm	Take away the weapons from; render harmless. Camp humour acts to provoke rather than disarm moral indignation.
fort	Enclose by or as if by a fortification. The city was guarded by a ring of forts.
fortress	A military stronghold, especially a strongly fortified town. He had proved himself to be a fortress of moral rectitude.
gun	Used as a nickname for a ship s gunnery officer. The boom of the one o clock gun echoed across the river.
legionary	A soldier who is a member of a legion (especially the French Foreign Legion. The legionary fortress of Isca.
martial	(of persons) befitting a warrior. Martial law.
munition	Supply with munitions. Reserves of nuclear chemical and conventional munitions.
naval	Relating to a navy or navies. A naval base.
ordnance	Mounted guns; artillery. The ordnance corps.
siege	An operation in which a police or other force surround a building and cut off supplies, with the aim of forcing an armed person to surrender. Two cult members have died so far in the four day siege.
soldier	Serve as a soldier in the military. I soldiered with your father on his last four campaigns.
tactic	An action or strategy carefully planned to achieve a specific end. The minority attempted to control the Council by a delaying tactic.
turret	A rotating holder for tools, especially on a lathe. A castle with fairy tale turrets.
war	Engage in a war. The war on poverty.
warfare	The waging of armed conflict against an enemy. Guerrilla warfare.
warlike	Disposed towards or threatening war; hostile. A warlike clan.
warring	(of two or more people or groups) in conflict with each other. A warring couple.
warrior	Any of a number of standing poses in yoga in which the legs are held apart and the arms are stretched outwards. I really love the warrior pose it makes me feel centred and strong.
weapon	Any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting. Resignation threats had long been a weapon in his armoury.
weaponry	Weapons considered collectively. America s weaponry.