fleet admiral

1. 1.

   an admiral of the highest rank

   Synonymsfive-star admiral

   Broaderflag officer

Questions about fleet admiral

What does fleet admiral mean?

fleet admiral means "an admiral of the highest rank".

What is another word for fleet admiral?

Close synonyms include five-star admiral. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fleet admiral a common word?

fleet admiral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.