regular army

1. 1.

   a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

   Synonymsarmyground forces

   Broadermilitary service

   Narrowerhoststanding armyUnion ArmyConfederate ArmyContinental Army

   military

Questions about regular army

What does regular army mean?

regular army means "a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state".

What is another word for regular army?

Close synonyms include army, ground forces. 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 regular army a common word?

regular army 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.