demobilise

Questions about demobilise

What is another word for demobilise?

It depends which demobilise you mean. In the sense “release from military service or remove from the active list of military service”, the synonyms are demobilize, inactivate. Across all 2 senses there are 3 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 demobilise?

The recorded antonym is mobilise. Opposites are sense-specific too: this page shows which meaning each one is the opposite of, because a word rarely has a single opposite that holds for all of its senses.

Why are the synonyms for demobilise split into groups?

Because demobilise carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for demobilise 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 demobilise

• Full entry for demobiliseAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for demobiliseWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.