Synonyms and Antonyms of armed forces
synonym (synonym of armed forces)
- (noun.group)the military forces of a nation (noun.group)
hypernym (armed forces IS A KIND OF .... relation)
hyponym (.... IS A KIND OF armed forces relation)
- (noun.group)armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency (noun.group)
member holonym (MEMBER OF relation)
derivation (.... is derived from armed forces)
- (verb.competition)lend a military character to (a country), as by building up a military force (verb.competition)
domain member category (.... is a member category of armed forces domain)
- (noun.act)(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)(military) withdrawal of troops to a more favorable position to escape the enemy's superior forces or after a defeat (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a military action of coordinated land, sea, and air forces organized for an invasion (noun.act)
- (noun.act)breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)(military) a march in the reverse direction or back along the same route (noun.act)
- (noun.act)(military) an operational flight by a single aircraft (as in a military operation) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a simulation of a military operation intended to train military commanders or to demonstrate a situation or to test a proposed strategy (noun.act)
- (noun.act)entertainment with military themes in which the Department of Defense is celebrated (noun.act)
- (noun.act)labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the use of military aircraft to provide protection against attack by enemy aircraft during ground or naval operations (noun.act)
- (noun.act)all types of censorship conducted by personnel of the armed forces (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a formation of military planes maintained over ground operations or targets (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation (noun.act)
- (noun.act)(military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline (noun.act)
- (noun.act)(military) military drill of troops in standard marching (shoulder-to-shoulder) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a hostile meeting of opposing military forces in the course of a war (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy (noun.act)
- (noun.act)(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies (noun.act)
- (noun.act)military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum (noun.act)
- (noun.act)activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a military operation carried out cooperatively by two or more allied nations or a military operation carried out by coordination of sea, land, and air more.. (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a local military action without declaration of war; against violators of international peace and order (noun.act)
- (noun.act)several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a military campaign designed to achieve a specific objective in a foreign country (noun.act)
- (noun.act)an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the activity of keeping the peace by military forces (especially when international military forces enforce a truce between hostile groups or nations) (noun.act)
- (noun.act)military actions designed to influence the perceptions and attitudes of individuals, groups, and foreign governments (noun.act)
- (noun.act)a military custom performed in observance of some event or anniversary (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence (noun.act)
- (noun.act)the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power (noun.act)
- (noun.act)assistance between and within military commands (noun.act)
- (noun.act)action by one military service to provide logistic (or administrative) support to another military service (noun.act)
- (noun.artifact)a military combat vehicle on wheels with light armor (and usually a machine gun) (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)(military) an armored vehicle (usually equipped with caterpillar treads) that is used to transport infantry (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)any of the automatic rifles or semiautomatic rifles with large magazines designed for military use (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a military submarine designed and armed to attack enemy shipping (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a building or group of buildings used to house military personnel (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)installation from which a military force initiates operations (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel) (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)(military) a station located near a combat area for giving first aid to the wounded (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military installation consisting of a prepared position for siting a weapon (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military uniform worn by military personnel when doing menial labor (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a high-speed military or naval airplane designed to destroy enemy aircraft in the air (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)naval radar that controls the delivery of fire on a military target (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)naval weaponry consisting of a system for controlling the delivery of fire on a military target (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)the naval or military uniform that is specified by regulations to be worn on ceremonial occasions (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)(military) bomb consisting of an explosive projectile filled with a toxic gas that is released when the bomb explodes (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military quarters of midshipmen and junior officers on a British warship (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a military train built to transport wounded troops to a hospital (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military installation at which a body of troops is stationed (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral) (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military installation servicing naval forces (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military uniform of the United States Army; made from cloth of a dull olive color (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)living accommodations (especially those assigned to military personnel) (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a military airplane used to gain information about an enemy (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)fast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)(military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)(military) screen consisting of a cloud of smoke that obscures movements (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)an enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military quarters for dining and recreation for officers of a warship (except the captain) (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a government ship that is available for waging war (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) (noun.artifact)
- (noun.artifact)military vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews (noun.artifact)
- (noun.attribute)a motionless erect stance with arms at the sides and feet together; assumed by military personnel during drill or review (noun.attribute)
- (noun.attribute)capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war (noun.attribute)
- (noun.attribute)(military) the relative capacity for delivering fire on a target (noun.attribute)
- (noun.cognition)the discipline dealing with the principles of warfare (noun.cognition)
- (noun.cognition)the branch of military science dealing with detailed maneuvers to achieve objectives set by strategy (noun.cognition)
- (noun.cognition)the branch of military science dealing with military command and the planning and conduct of a war (noun.cognition)
- (noun.communication)an official document issued by a government and conferring on the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a list of names of officers and men in a military unit or ship's company (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a formal military gesture of respect (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)information about the armed forces of another country that is useful in planning and conducting military policy or military operations (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a permit to enter or leave a military installation (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)(military) the beating of a drum as a signal for lowering the flag at sundown (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a drumbeat or bugle call that signals the military to return to their quarters (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)(military) a warning prior to the start of a threatening act (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)(military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends war or is preparing for war and is on a course that increases the risk of war (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service (noun.communication)
- (noun.communication)a piece of braid, usually on the sleeve, indicating military rank or length of service (noun.communication)
- (noun.event)loss of military equipment in field operations (noun.event)
- (noun.event)a casualty to military personnel resulting from combat (noun.event)
- (noun.event)(euphemism) inadvertent casualties and destruction inflicted on civilians in the course of military operations (noun.event)
- (noun.group)the executive agency that advises the President on military questions; composed of the chiefs of the United States Army and the United States Navy and more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a temporary military unit formed to accomplish a particular objective (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an organization of military vessels belonging to a country and available for sea warfare (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military service responsible for the safety of maritime traffic in coastal waters (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a force that is a branch of the armed forces (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a unit that is part of some military service (noun.group)
- (noun.group)armed forces that are not on active duty but can be called in an emergency (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military corps that enforces discipline and guards prisoners (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military court convened to hear urgent charges of offenses committed in action (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a judicial court of commissioned officers for the discipline and punishment of military personnel (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military court for trying people charged with minor offenses in an occupied area (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an intelligence agency of the United States in the Department of Defense; is responsible for providing intelligence in support of military planning an more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an armored unit of a modern army equipped with motor vehicles (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere (noun.group)
- (noun.group)United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a specially trained elite unit of the United States Army (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a school for training men and women to become officers in the United States Army (noun.group)
- (noun.group)an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operation more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergen more.. (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) (noun.group)
- (noun.group)military officers assigned to assist a senior officer in planning military policy (noun.group)
- (noun.group)(plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the highest leaders in an organization (e.g. the commander-in-chief and senior officers of the military) (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military formation leaving enough space between ranks to allow an inspecting officer to pass (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a military formation for skirmishing; as widely separated as the tactical situation permits (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the daily military formation at which individuals report to the medical officer as sick (noun.group)
- (noun.group)a queue of people waiting for food to be served (especially at a military camp) (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law (noun.group)
- (noun.group)the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel (noun.group)
- (noun.location)a region in which active military operations are in progress (noun.location)
- (noun.location)a fortified position (especially one marking the most forward position of troops) (noun.location)
- (noun.location)a line formed by troops or ships prepared to deliver or receive an attack (noun.location)
- (noun.location)(military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy (noun.location)
- (noun.location)a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons (noun.location)
- (noun.location)an area where troops and equipment in transit are assembled before a military operation (noun.location)
- (noun.location)an agreed area where military supplies are dropped to ground troops (noun.location)
- (noun.location)United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson river to the north of New York City; site of United States Military Academy (noun.location)
- (noun.person)a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade (noun.person)
- (noun.person)an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an air force (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in an army (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a member of the military who is trained in engineering and construction work (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines who ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general (noun.person)
- (noun.person)the soldier who carries the standard of the unit in military parades or in battle (noun.person)
- (noun.person)airplane pilot who fights in an action between two military forces (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain (noun.person)
- (noun.person)an officer in command of a military unit (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned officer in the Army or Air Force or Marine Corps (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a captain and below a rear admiral; the lowest grade of admiral (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a contractor concerned with the development and manufacture of systems of defense (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a noncommissioned officer who instructs recruits in military marching and discipline (noun.person)
- (noun.person)an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) (noun.person)
- (noun.person)an officer holding the rank of major or lieutenant colonel or colonel (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation (noun.person)
- (noun.person)officers in the Army or Air Force or Marines above the rank of colonel (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander (noun.person)
- (noun.person)the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines holding a rank above major and below colonel (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned officer in the Navy ranking above a lieutenant and below a commander (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general (noun.person)
- (noun.person)an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant and above ensign (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a general officer ranking above a brigadier general and below a lieutenant general (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a member of the United States Marine Corps (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a naval officer responsible for the operation and maintenance of the ship's engines (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a military officer who serves as an adviser to the troops of an allied nation (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a chaplain in one of the military services (noun.person)
- (noun.person)any person in the armed services who holds a position of authority or command (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a member of the military police who polices soldiers and guards prisoners (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a military attache who is a commissioned or warrant officer in a navy (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a military officer appointed from enlisted personnel (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a member of a military force who is residing in a conquered foreign country (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a military engineer who does sapping (digging trenches or undermining fortifications) (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service (noun.person)
- (noun.person)someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force (noun.person)
- (noun.person)(military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a commissioned officer assigned to a military commander's staff (noun.person)
- (noun.person)(military) a person who freely enlists for service (noun.person)
- (noun.person)a reservist who fulfills the military obligation on weekends (noun.person)
- (noun.possession)aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another (noun.possession)
- (noun.possession)supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government (noun.possession)
- (noun.state)the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) (noun.state)
- (noun.state)rank in a military organization (noun.state)
- (noun.state)careful attention to order and appearance (as in the military) (noun.state)
- (noun.time)(military) leave granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death (noun.time)
- (verb.motion)make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing (verb.motion)
- (verb.motion)separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment (verb.motion)
- (adj.all)(used of persons or things military) without protective armor (adj.all)
- (adj.all)provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose (especially military) (adj.all)
- (adj.all)engaged in or ready for military or naval operations (adj.all)
- (adj.all)(used of the military) belonging to or engaged in by legitimate army forces (adj.all)
