paramilitary

1. 1.

   of or relating to a group of civilians organized to function like or to assist a military unit

Other forms of paramilitary

plural

paramilitaries·

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 paramilitary

What does paramilitary mean?

paramilitary means "a group of civilians organized in a military fashion (especially to operate in place of or to assist regular army troops)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in paramilitary?

paramilitary has 6 syllables: par-a-mil-i-tar-y. The stress falls on "mil". In IPA it is /ˌpɛɹəˈmɪləˌtɛɹi/.

What is another word for paramilitary?

Close synonyms include paramilitary force, paramilitary unit, paramilitary organization, paramilitary organisation. 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 paramilitary a common word?

paramilitary is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. 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 paramilitary?

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