Antonyms for military
ˈmɪl ɪˌtɛr imil·i·ta·ry

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1. military

   An army is an organized body of men armed for war, ordinarily considerable in numbers, always independent in organization so far as not to be a constituent part of any other command. Organization, unity, and independence, rather than numbers are the essentials of an army. We speak of the invading army of Cortes or Pizarro, tho either body was contemptible in numbers from a modern military standpoint. We may have a little army, a large army, or a vast army. Host is used for any vast and orderly assemblage; as, the stars are called the heavenly host. Multitude expresses number without order or organization; a multitude of armed men is not an army, but a mob. Legion (from the Latin) and phalanx (from the Greek) are applied by a kind of poetic license to modern forces; the plural legions is preferred to the singular. Military is a general word for land-forces; the military may include all the armed soldiery of a nation, or the term may be applied to any small detached company, as at a fort, in distinction from civilians. Any organized body of men by whom the law or will of a people is executed is a force; the word is a usual term for the police of any locality.

   Synonyms:
   armament, army, array, force, forces, host, legions, multitude, phalanx, soldiers, soldiery, troops

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1. military

   Synonyms:
   soldierly, soldierlike

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1. military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machineadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   unsoldierly, nonmilitary, unmilitary, civil, civilian, noncombatant

   Synonyms:
   armed services, armed forces, military machine, war machine

2. militaryadjective

   of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare

   "military law"

   Antonyms:
   civilian, unsoldierly, unmilitary, nonmilitary, civil, noncombatant

3. militaryadjective

   characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military

   "military uniforms"

   Antonyms:
   unmilitary, civil, unsoldierly, civilian, noncombatant, nonmilitary

4. militaryadjective

   associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians

   "military police"

   Antonyms:
   civilian, noncombatant, civil, unmilitary, nonmilitary, unsoldierly

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1. militaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   martial

How to use military in a sentence?

1. Muna Daoud:

   The might of our military and resources does not get used to save our lives in war zones.

2. Aung Thaw Win:

   The military has no dignity, going against amendments to the constitution is insulting the people and disrespectful to the country.

3. Delphine Johnson:

   The military was not what Micah thought it would be, he was very disappointed. Very disappointed.

4. Noah Bonsey:

   In general, the regime agrees to ceasefires to cement a military victory or to enable the movement of supplies or redeployment of forces elsewhere.

5. Rick Nichols:

   I’ve got a sense of brotherhood with prior military.

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