military posture

1. 1.

   capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

   “we faced an army of great strength”

   “politicians have neglected our military posture”

   Synonymsmilitary capabilitymilitary strengthstrengthposture

   Broadercapability

   Narrowersea powerfirepower

   military

Questions about military posture

What does military posture mean?

military posture means "capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war".

What is another word for military posture?

Close synonyms include military capability, military strength, strength, posture. 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 military posture a common word?

military posture 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.