military strength

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 capabilitystrengthmilitary postureposture

   Broadercapability

   Narrowersea powerfirepower

   military

Questions about military strength

What does military strength mean?

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

What is another word for military strength?

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

military strength 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.