military synonyms

military

modif.

armed, martial, militant, fighting, combatant, soldierly, warlike, combative, army, service, naval, noncivil, for war; see also aggressive 2, army, militaristic.

military

n.

armed forces, military establishment, soldiery, the Pentagon; see army 1.

military applies to anything having to do with armies or soldiers military uniforms, military police; martial refers to something connected with or characteristic of war or armies, often specif. connoting pomp and display or discipline martial music, martial law; warlike stresses the bellicose or aggressive nature or temperament that leads to war or results from preparations for war a warlike nation

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