CIVILIAN Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word civilian. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for CIVILIAN
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citizen | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community | ||||||||
commoner | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who holds no title | ||||||||
compatriot | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person from your own country | ||||||||
inhabitant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who inhabits a particular place | ||||||||
layperson | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person | ||||||||
noncombatant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon) adjective satellite • used of civilians in time of war • member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon | ||||||||
nonmilitary | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • not associated with soldiers or the military | ||||||||
ordinary | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree noun • a judge of a probate court • the expected or commonplace condition or situation • a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death • an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel • (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields adjective satellite • lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered | ||||||||
private | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy noun • an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines adjective satellite • concerning things deeply private and personal • concerning one person exclusively • not expressed | ||||||||
resident | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • living in a particular place • used of animals that do not migrate noun • someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there • a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital | ||||||||
subject | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • the subject matter of a conversation or discussion • something (a person or object or scene) selected by an artist or photographer for graphic representation • a branch of knowledge • some situation or event that is thought about • (grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated • a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation • a person who owes allegiance to that nation • (logic) the first term of a proposition adjective satellite • possibly accepting or permitting • being under the power or sovereignty of another or others • likely to be affected by something verb • cause to experience or suffer or make liable or vulnerable to • make accountable for • make subservient; force to submit or subdue |