Synonyms for military
ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr imil·i·ta·ry

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1. military

   An army is an organized body of men armed for war, ordinarily considerable in numbers, always independent in organization so far as not to be a constituent part of any other command. Organization, unity, and independence, rather than numbers are the essentials of an army. We speak of the invading army of Cortes or Pizarro, tho either body was contemptible in numbers from a modern military standpoint. We may have a little army, a large army, or a vast army. Host is used for any vast and orderly assemblage; as, the stars are called the heavenly host. Multitude expresses number without order or organization; a multitude of armed men is not an army, but a mob. Legion (from the Latin) and phalanx (from the Greek) are applied by a kind of poetic license to modern forces; the plural legions is preferred to the singular. Military is a general word for land-forces; the military may include all the armed soldiery of a nation, or the term may be applied to any small detached company, as at a fort, in distinction from civilians. Any organized body of men by whom the law or will of a people is executed is a force; the word is a usual term for the police of any locality.

   Synonyms:
   armament, army, array, force, forces, host, legions, multitude, phalanx, soldiers, soldiery, troops

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1. military

   Synonyms:
   soldierly, soldierlike

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1. military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machineadjective

   the military forces of a nation

   "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

   Synonyms:
   armed services, armed forces, military machine, war machine

   Antonyms:
   unsoldierly, nonmilitary, unmilitary, civil, civilian, noncombatant

2. militaryadjective

   of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

   "military law"

   Antonyms:
   civilian, unsoldierly, unmilitary, nonmilitary, civil, noncombatant

3. militaryadjective

   characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military

   "military uniforms"

   Antonyms:
   unmilitary, civil, unsoldierly, civilian, noncombatant, nonmilitary

4. militaryadjective

   associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians

   "military police"

   Antonyms:
   civilian, noncombatant, civil, unmilitary, nonmilitary, unsoldierly

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1. militaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   soldierly, soldier-like

2. militaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   martial, warlike

3. militarynoun

   Synonyms:
   soldiery, army, body of soldiers

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1. militaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   martial

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1. List of paraphrases for "military":

   army, militaire, armed, court-martial, militaires, servicemen, militarily, soldiers, martial, troops, soldier, forces, militar, serviceman, asgari, military-to-military, al-askari, member, military-linked, defense, military-related

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1. Eric Edelman:

   Contrary to President Trump's assertions that President Donald Trump increases rebuilt the military, what they did was buy back some of the readiness lost in a decade of cutbacks, it is nowhere near filling the gap between operations challenges we might face tonight, while at the same time investing in future capabilities that may take five, 10, 15 years to develop.

2. Ralph Ortiz:

   I joined the military to help protect American freedoms, yet now I'm being denied the most fundamental right in our democracy.

3. Lauren Boebert:

   Make no mistake: Members of the House Freedom Caucus are not standing here today because Nancy Pelosi called for an emergency session of Congress, we're standing here because Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and every person they've put in a position of leadership, failed our brave men and women. They failed our brave men and women of the United States military, and they failed the American people.

4. Joseph Dunford:

   You want to take decisive military action to check ISIL’s expansion and at the same time you want to do it such a way that's supportive of a long-term political process.

5. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:

   A military deserter who enters another country and is detained should be handed over immediately, sooner rather than later, these terrorists will be in the hands of Venezuelan justice.