defense department

Questions about defense department

What is another word for defense department?

It depends which defense department you mean. In the sense “the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947”, the synonyms are Department of Defense, United States Department of Defense, Defense, DoD. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of defense department?

WordNet records no antonym for defense department. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for defense department come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of defense department

• Full entry for defense departmentAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for defense departmentWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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