military

1. 1.

   the military forces of a nation

   “their military is the largest in the region”

   “the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker”

   Synonymsarmed forcesarmed servicesmilitary machinewar machine

   Broaderforce

   Narrowermilitary reserve

Other forms of military

plural

militaries·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about military

What does military mean?

military means "of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in military?

military has 4 syllables: mil-i-tar-y. The stress falls on "mil". In IPA it is /ˈmɪləˌtɛɹi/.

What is another word for military?

Close synonyms include armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine. 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.

What is the opposite of military?

The recorded antonyms are unmilitary, civilian.

Is military a common word?

military is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with military?

30 words rhyme with military. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.