MILITARY OFFICER Synonyms

• the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral

• any of several brightly colored butterflies

• a general officer ranking below a major general

• 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

• be the captain of a sports team

• 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

• an officer in command of a military unit

• someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others

• a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain

• an officer in the airforce

• an official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit

• a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral

• a noncommissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marines

• affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit

• possessing or existing in bodily form

• a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade

• an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality

• colors flown by a ship to show its nationality

• applying to all or most members of a category or group

• affecting the entire body

• a general officer of the highest rank

• the head of a religious order or congregation

• a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)

• not specialized or limited to one class of things

• prevailing among and common to the general public

• somewhat indefinite

• of worldwide scope or applicability

• command as a general

• 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

• 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

• 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

• of the elder of two boys with the same family name

• have as one's principal field of study

• a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law

• (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank

• place in proper rank

• arrange in logical order

• make ready for action or use

• lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

• 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

• holds rank by virtue of a warrant