'Military' definitions:
Definition of 'military'
From: WordNet
adjective
Of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; "military law"
adjective
Characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms" [ant: nonmilitary, unmilitary]
adjective
Associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police" [ant: civilian]
noun
The military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" [syn: military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine]
Definition of 'Military'
From: GCIDE
- Military \Mil"i*ta*ry\, n. [Cf. F. militaire.] The whole body of soldiers; soldiery; militia; troops; the army. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Military'
From: GCIDE
- Military \Mil"i*ta*ry\, a. [L. militaris, militarius, from miles, militis, soldier: cf. F. militaire.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. Of or pertaining to soldiers, to arms, or to war; belonging to, engaged in, or appropriate to, the affairs of war; as, a military parade; military discipline; military bravery; military conduct; military renown. [1913 Webster]
- Nor do I, as an enemy to peace, Troop in the throngs of military men. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Performed or made by soldiers; as, a military election; a military expedition. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- Military law. See Martial law, under Martial.
- Military order. (a) A command proceeding from a military superior. (b) An association of military persons under a bond of certain peculiar rules; especially, such an association of knights in the Middle Ages, or a body in modern times taking a similar form, membership of which confers some distinction.
- Military tenure, tenure of land, on condition of performing military service. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'military'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggressive,
- air force,
- antagonistic,
- armed force,
- armed forces,
- armed service,
- army,
- array,
- battling,
- bellicose,
- belligerent,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- career soldiers,
- chauvinist,
- chauvinistic,
- combative,
- contentious,
- enemy,
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- fighting,
- fighting machine,
- forces,
- full of fight,
- ground forces,
- ground troops,
- hawkish,
- host,
- hostile,
- inimical,
- jingo,
- jingoish,
- jingoist,
- jingoistic,
- legions,
- martial,
- militant,
- militaristic,
- military establishment,
- naval,
- navy,
- occupation force,
- offensive,
- paratroops,
- pugnacious,
- quarrelsome,
- rank and file,
- ranks,
- regular army,
- regulars,
- saber-rattling,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- savage,
- scrappy,
- service,
- ski troops,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- soldiery,
- standing army,
- storm troops,
- the line,
- the military,
- trigger-happy,
- troops,
- truculent,
- unfriendly,
- unpacific,
- unpeaceable,
- unpeaceful,
- warlike,
- warmongering,
- warring
Words containing 'Military'
- Euschema militaris,
- Military engineer,
- Military law,
- Military order,
- Military tenure,
- Orchis militaris,
- military academy,
- military action,
- military adviser,
- military advisor,
- military attache,
- military band,
- military blockade,
- military campaign,
- military capability,
- military censorship,
- military ceremony,
- military chaplain,
- military commission,
- military control,
- military court,
- military drill,
- military expedition,
- military force,
- military formation,
- military government,
- military governor,
- military greeting,
- military group,
- military headquarters,
- military hospital,
- military installation,
- military intelligence,
- military issue,
- military junta,
- military leader,
- military machine,
- military man,
- military march,
- military mission,
- military music,
- military officer,
- military operation,
- military operations,
- military pace,
- military personnel,
- military plane,
- military police,
- military policeman,
- military position,
- military post,
- military posture,
- military press,
- military quarters,
- military rank,
- military rating,
- military recruit,
- military reserve,
- military science,
- military service,
- military strength,
- military training,
- military uniform,
- military unit,
- military vehicle,
- military volunteer,
- commissioned military officer,
- military intelligence agency,
- simulated military operation,
- us military academy,
- military intelligence section 5,
- military intelligence section 6,
- military-industrial complex,
- united states military academy