Synonyms for colonel
ˈkɜr nlcolonel

Princeton's WordNet

1. colonelnoun

   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

Matched Categories

1. • Commissioned Military Officer
   • Military

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1. List of paraphrases for "colonel":

   col., coronel, colonei, oberst, sir, lieutenant-colonel, col, -colonel, colonels, promenade

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1. Andrea Zahumensky:

   With Reba’s southern roots and entrepreneurial spirit, she truly embodies the values of the Colonel and the crowd-pleasing flavor of our Smoky Mountain BBQ.

2. Letitia McMaster:

   Our father, Lieutenant Colonel Herbert R. McMaster( U.S. Army, retired), was a tough and compassionate soldier and public servant. He was committed to his neighbors, his fellow soldiers, his community and his country, the best way to honor his memory is for all of us to do all we can to prevent others from suffering at the hands of those who lack compassion and abandon even the most basic standards of human decency.

3. Sebastian Gorka:

   If you have a broad historical sense you will understand that even if Putin says he's killing terrorists or even if China says they're fighting the Uyghur nationalists that doesn't mean they're on our side, putin is a former KGB colonel, he's a thug, he's a vicious man. He runs a country in which journalists get murdered if they disagree with the Kremlin. China is the world's last communist dictatorship. It may be running around doing quasi-capitalist things but it is a one party state and to say that we have shared interests. No Mr. Trump, we don't and we should really stick to the friends we already have.

4. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal:

   Prayers for Lafayette at Grand Theater. Talking to state police colonel about shooting in Lafayette.

5. Donald Trump:

   There were problems with that speech, Judge, especially when he spoke about China and Russia and our potential friendship and our shared interests, we don't have shared interests. I'm sorry. [Vladimir Putin] is a KGB colonel. This is the kind of guy who tortured people during the Cold War and wants to destroy us.