MILITARY MAN Synonyms
There are 16 hypernyms of the phrase military man. (close relations)
Definition of MILITARY MAN
Best Alternative Words for MILITARY MAN
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serviceman | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force | ||||||||
airman | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who operates an aircraft | ||||||||
captain | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant • the naval officer in command of a military ship • a policeman in charge of a precinct • an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship • the leader of a group of people • the pilot in charge of an airship • a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers verb • be the captain of a sports team | ||||||||
colonel | nounn | |||||||
noun • a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general | ||||||||
combatant | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • someone who fights (or is fighting) adjective satellite • engaging in or ready for combat | ||||||||
corporal | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines adjective satellite • affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit • possessing or existing in bodily form | ||||||||
defender | nounn | |||||||
noun • a person who cares for persons or property • a fighter who holds out against attack | ||||||||
fighter | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone who fights (or is fighting) • a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air • someone who fights for a cause | ||||||||
general | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • applying to all or most members of a category or group • affecting the entire body noun • a general officer of the highest rank • the head of a religious order or congregation • a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular) adjective satellite • not specialized or limited to one class of things • prevailing among and common to the general public • somewhat indefinite • of worldwide scope or applicability verb • command as a general | ||||||||
guardsman | nounn | |||||||
noun • a soldier who is a member of a unit called `the guard' or `guards' | ||||||||
infantryman | nounn | |||||||
noun • fights on foot with small arms | ||||||||
lieutenant | nounn | |||||||
noun • a commissioned military officer • an officer in a police force • an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent • an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade | ||||||||
major | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
adjective • of greater importance or stature or rank • greater in scope or effect • greater in number or size or amount • of the field of academic study in which one concentrates or specializes • (of a scale or mode) having half steps between the third and fourth degrees and the seventh and eighth degrees • of greater seriousness or danger • of full legal age noun • a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain • British statesman who was prime minister from 1990 until 1997 (born in 1943) • a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject • the principal field of study of a student at a university adjective satellite • of the elder of two boys with the same family name verb • have as one's principal field of study | ||||||||
marine | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
adjective • of or relating to the sea • relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen • of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps) • relating to or characteristic of or occurring on or in the sea noun • a member of the United States Marine Corps • a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land adjective satellite • native to or inhabiting the sea | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||
sailor | nounn | |||||||
noun • any member of a ship's crew • a serviceman in the navy • a stiff hat made of straw with a flat crown | ||||||||
sergeant | nounn | |||||||
noun • any of several noncommissioned officer ranks in the Army or Air Force or Marines ranking above a corporal • a lawman with the rank of sergeant • an English barrister of the highest rank | ||||||||
soldier | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army • a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony verb • serve as a soldier in the military | ||||||||
trooper | nounn | |||||||
noun • a soldier in a motorized army unit • a mounted police officer • a state police officer • a soldier mounted on horseback | ||||||||
warrior | nounn | |||||||
noun • someone engaged in or experienced in warfare | ||||||||