Synonyms of the word

military

• adj. Characteristic of members of the armed forces.
• adj. (Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished…
• adj. Relating to war.
• adj. Relating to armies or ground forces.
• n. Armed forces.
• n. (US, with the) U.S. armed forces in general, including the Marine Corps.

bailiwick

• n. The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction.
• n. A person's concern or sphere of operations, their area of skill or authority.

combatant

• n. An armed fighter.
• adj. Contending; disposed to contend.

discipline

• n. A controlled behaviour; self-control.
• n. An enforced compliance or control.
• n. A systematic method of obtaining obedience.
• n. A state of order based on submission to authority.
• n. A punishment to train or maintain control.
• n. A whip used for self-flagellation.
• n. A set of rules regulating behaviour.
• n. A flagellation as a means of obtaining sexual gratification.
• n. A specific branch of knowledge or learning.
• n. A category in which a certain art, sport or other activity belongs.
• v. (transitive) To train someone by instruction and practice.
• v. (transitive) To teach someone to obey authority.
• v. (transitive) To punish someone in order to (re)gain control.
• v. (transitive) To impose order on someone.

expeditionary

• adj. Of or pertaining to an expedition.
• adj. (military) Intended for military operations abroad.

field

• n. A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
• n. A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
• n. The open country near or belonging to a town or city—usually used in plural.
• n. A physical phenomenon, such as force, potential, or fluid velocity, that pervades a region.
• n. An airfield, airport or air base; especially, one with unpaved runways.
• n. A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
• n. The extent of a given perception.
• n. A place where a battle is fought; a battlefield.
• n. An area reserved for playing a game.
• n. A realm of practical, direct, or natural operation, contrasting with an office, classroom, or laboratory.
• n. (algebra) A commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse.
• n. (geology) A region containing a particular mineral.
• n. (heraldry) The background of the shield.
• n. (vexillology) The background of the flag.
• n. (computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.
• n. A component of a database record in which a single unit of information is stored.
• n. A physical or virtual location for the input of information in the form of characters.
• n. (baseball, obsolete) The team in a match that throws the ball and tries to catch it when it is hit by…
• n. (baseball) The outfield.
• n. An unrestricted or favourable opportunity for action, operation, or achievement.
• n. All of the competitors in any outdoor contest or trial, or all except the favourites in the betting.
• v. (transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
• v. (baseball, softball, cricket, and other batting sports) To be the team catching and throwing the ball,…
• v. (transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
• v. (transitive) To answer; to address.
• v. (transitive) To defeat.
• v. (transitive) To execute research (in the field).
• v. (transitive, military) To deploy in the field.

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

martial

• adj. Of, relating to, or suggestive of war; warlike.
• adj. Relating to or connected with the armed forces or the profession of arms or military life.
• adj. (comparable) Characteristic of or befitting a warrior; having a military bearing; soldierly, soldierlike,…
• adj. (medicine, chemistry, obsolete) Relating to, or containing, iron; chalybeate.

militaristic

• adj. Using the power of the military.
• adj. Related to the use of the military.

noncombatant

• n. Alternative form of non-combatant.

personnel

• n. employees; office staff.

soldierlike

• adj. Resembling a soldier or some aspect of one.

soldierly

• adj. In the way of, or appropriate to, a soldier.

study

• v. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them,…
• v. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
• v. To acquire knowledge on a subject.
• v. To look at minutely.
• v. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
• v. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
• n. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
• n. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
• n. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
• n. The act of studying or examining; examination.
• n. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
• n. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of…
• n. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
• n. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.

subject

• adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
• adj. Conditional upon.
• adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
• adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
• n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
• n. An actor; one who takes action.
• n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
• n. A particular area of study.
• n. A citizen in a monarchy.
• n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
• n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
• n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
• n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
• n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
• v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

warlike

• adj. Hostile and belligerent.
• adj. Martial, bellicose or militaristic.

warriorlike

• adj. like a warrior.