muster

1. 1.

   a gathering of military personnel for duty

   “he was thrown in the brig for missing muster”

   Broadergathering

   military

2. 2.

   compulsory military service

   Synonymsconscriptiondraftselective service

   Broadermobilization

   Narrowerlevy

   military

1. 1.

   gather or bring together

   “muster the courage to do something”

   “she rallied her intellect”

   “Summon all your courage”

   Synonymsrallysummoncome upmuster up

   Broadergather
2. 2.

   call to duty, military service, jury duty, etc.

   Broadercall

Other forms of muster

plural

musters·

past tense

musterred·

present participle

musterring·

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 muster

What does muster mean?

muster means "a gathering of military personnel for duty". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in muster?

muster has 2 syllables: mus-ter. The stress falls on "mus". In IPA it is /ˈmʌstɚ/.

What is another word for muster?

Close synonyms include conscription, draft, selective service, rally, summon. 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 muster a common word?

muster is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.