noncom

Other forms of noncom

plural

noncoms·

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 noncom

What does noncom mean?

noncom means "a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel".

How many syllables are in noncom?

noncom has 2 syllables: non-com. The stress falls on "non".

What is another word for noncom?

Close synonyms include noncommissioned officer, enlisted officer. 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 noncom a common word?

noncom 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.