Military

What do we mean by military?

Of, relating to, or characteristic of members of the armed forces. adjective

Performed or supported by the armed forces. adjective

Of or relating to war. adjective

Of or relating to land forces. adjective

Armed forces. noun

Members, especially officers, of an armed force. noun

Having the position or character of a soldier: pertaining to soldiers; suitable to, characteristic of, or performed by soldiers; soldierly: as, a military man; a military deportment or disposition.

Relating or pertaining to war. to the art of war, or to an armed force; adapted to or connected with a state of war; martial; warlike; belligerent: as, the military art; military glory; military history; military equipage; a military expedition.

Warlike in method or practice; having relation to the usages or purposes of war; connected with or dependent upon the use of armed force: opposed to civil: as, a military despotism; military government; a military execution. Abbreviated mil., milit.

Tactical, relating to the order and arrangement to be observed in the management of an army when it is to march, to engage an enemy, or to be encamped.

Technical, including the composition, fabrication, and application of warlike machines, and the practice of military engineering in the erection of offensive and defensive works for the protection of an army, a city, or a country. This branch also comprises the topographical surveys, the building of pontoon and other bridges, the projection and construction of roads, telegraph-lines, railroads, etc., necessary to the operations of an army in the field.

Soldiers generally; soldiery; officers of the army: commonly with the definite article: as, the occasion was enlivened by the presence of the military. noun

The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army. noun

Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war adjective

Performed or made by soldiers adjective

See Martial law, under Martial. adjective

An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction. adjective

Tenure of land, on condition of performing military service. adjective

Characteristic of members of the armed forces. adjective

Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force (often as distinguished from civilians or police forces). adjective

Armed forces.

Words that are spelled similarly to military:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word military:
junta, dictatorship, coup, civilian, personnel, installations, barracks, bases, intelligence, intervention, nato, commander, veterans, armed, forces, tactics, airfield, officers, academy, regime, stationed, rank, army, defence, lieutenant, aviation, command, officer, governor, colonel, soldiers, warfare, rifle, afghanistan, iraq, vietnam, corps, service.

Words that rhyme with military:
dictionary, cherry, arbitrary, contemporary, ancillary, wary, itinerary, stationary, fiduciary, proprietary, carry, necessary, library, corollary, stationery, preliminary, contrary, extraordinary, sanctuary, mary, tertiary, primary, berry, vary, secretary, very, adversary, blueberry, ordinary, subsidiary, sedentary, estuary, scary, vocabulary, culinary, apothecary, fairy, tarry, cemetery, bury, temporary, beneficiary, monetary, salutary, dairy, harry, mercenary, literary, discretionary, solitary, pecuniary, aerie, merry, obituary, legendary, visionary, unitary, confectionery, prairie, parry, marry, lapidary, commentary, airy, emissary, unnecessary, seminary, luminary, canary, raspberry, nary, revolutionary, february, barre, tributary, ferry, strawberry, arie, eyrie, secondary, mulberry, gooseberry, reactionary, customary, imaginary, confectionary, missionary, epistolary, huckleberry, hereditary, capillary, judiciary, ary, hairy, veterinary, monastery, sanitary, pulmonary, dysentery, january.

Adjectives that are often used to describe military:
american, civil, japanese, soviet, german, british, russian, french, political, indonesian, professional, israeli, chinese, brazilian, iraqi, strong, argentine, turkish, south, mexican, salvadoran, peruvian, chilean, modern, guatemalan, indian, regular, spanish, vietnamese, powerful, canadian, pakistani, latin, honduran, active, nigerian, colombian, cuban, philippine, iranian, non, civilian, polish, roman, egyptian, haitian, highest, greatest, korean, italian, burmese, greek, north, permanent, confederate, close, politico, dominican, senior, prussian, uniformed, bolivian, portuguese, dutch, syrian, strongest, colonial, stronger, largest, conventional, yugoslav, ottoman.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective military:
service, force, power, operations, forces, personnel, officers, action, training, leaders, men, aid, authorities, government, strength, intervention, affairs, career, establishment, assistance, coup, equipment, history, organization, commander, bases, rule, purposes, discipline, situation, occupation, command, officer, regime, strategy, units, presence, commanders, matters, services, spending, leader, dictatorship, police, expenditures, governor, operation, base, victory, support, stores, preparations, alliance, duty, might, science, expenditure, post, supplies, aircraft, campaigns, genius, campaign, installations, necessity, academy, defeat, intelligence, leadership, posts, technology, authority, officials, success, capabilities, expedition, administration, orders, advisers, glory, hospital, tactics, threat, attache, establishments, skill, machine, actions.

Words that sound like military:
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