The war has taken a terrible toll on the civilian population.
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Civilian
/sɪˈvɪl.jən/
Synonyms for "civilian" (79 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (16)
Adjective(2 words)
civilcivil case
Noun(9 words)
civil lawscivil servantcivilian attirecivilian employeecivilian staffcivilian usecivilianizingcommonerconsumer use
Strong matches (24)
corporation lawyercourt-appointed lawyercriminal lawyerdadefense counseldistrict attorneyirenicjunior counselkclaw agentleadermouthpiecenonaggressivenonbelligerentnoncombatant
Adjective(4 words)
Determiner(1 words)
most civil progress index
Related words (39)
Noun(12 words)
noncombatantnoncombatantsnoneducatornongovernmental organizationnonlawyernonmilitarynonmilitary agreementnonmilitary useordinary personportuguese civilprivate citizenpublic
Adverb(1 words)
Adjective(5 words)
nonresistantnonresisternonviolentpacificpacifisticpeaceableprivate attorneyprosecuting attorneyprosecutorpublic prosecutorpublicistqcsilksilk gownsolicitor generalspecial pleadersscstuff gownstuff-gownsmanunhostile
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us attorney
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
11 entriesCollocations
9 entriescivilian authoritiescivilian casualtiescivilian clothingcivilian governmentcivilian lifecivilian oversightcivilian populationcivilian sectorcivilian use
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
5 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 50 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
Arabic
2 entries- مَدَنِيَّة noun (non-military person)
- مَدَنِيّ noun (non-military person)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- dinc sakin noun (non-military person)
Belarusian
2 entries- цыві́льная асо́ба noun (non-military person)
- цыві́льны чалаве́к noun (non-military person)
Bulgarian
4 entries- гражданско лице noun (non-military person)
- мирен жител noun (non-military person)
- мирна жителка noun (non-military person)
- циви́лен noun (non-military person)
Burmese
1 entries- အရပ်သား noun (non-military person)
Catalan
1 entries- paisà noun (non-military person)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 平民 noun (non-military person)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 平民 noun (non-military person)
Czech
2 entries- civilista noun (non-military person)
- civilistka noun (non-military person)
Danish
1 entries- civilist noun (non-military person)
Dutch
1 entries- burger noun (non-military person)
Esperanto
1 entries- civilulo noun (non-military person)
Estonian
2 entries- eraisik noun (non-military person)
- tsivilist noun (non-military person)
Finnish
1 entries- siviili noun (non-military person)
French
2 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
- civile noun (non-military person)
Georgian
1 entries- სამოქალაქო პირი noun (non-military person)
German
3 entries- Zivilist noun (non-military person)
- Zivilistin noun (non-military person)
- Zivilperson noun (non-military person)
Greek
1 entries- πολίτης noun (non-military person)
Hebrew
2 entries- אֶזְרָח noun (non-military person)
- אֶזְרָחִית noun (non-military person)
Hindi
1 entries- नागरिक noun (non-military person)
Hungarian
3 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
- civil személy noun (non-military person)
- polgári személy noun (non-military person)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- شَخْصِ غِیْرِنِظامی noun (non-military person)
- غِیْرِنِظامی noun (non-military person)
Irish
1 entries- sibhialtach noun (non-military person)
Italian
1 entries- civile noun (non-military person)
Japanese
2 entries- 文民 noun (non-military person)
- 民間人 noun (non-military person)
Khmer
2 entries- ជនស៊ីវិល noun (non-military person)
- អយោធ noun (non-military person)
Korean
1 entries- 민간인 noun (non-military person)
Lao
2 entries- ພົນລະເຮືອນ noun (non-military person)
- ພໍ່ເຮືອນ noun (non-military person)
Latvian
2 entries- civiliste noun (non-military person)
- civilists noun (non-military person)
Lithuanian
2 entries- civilis noun (non-military person)
- civilisė noun (non-military person)
Macedonian
1 entries- цивил noun (non-military person)
Malay
2 entries- orang awam noun (non-military person)
- orang periman noun (non-military person)
Mongolian
1 entries- иргэн noun (non-military person)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sivilist noun (non-military person)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- sivilist noun (non-military person)
Polish
1 entries- cywil noun (non-military person)
Portuguese
1 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
Romanian
2 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
- civilă noun (non-military person)
Russian
4 entries- гражда́нский noun (non-military person)
- гражда́нский челове́к noun (non-military person)
- гражда́нское лицо́ noun (non-military person)
- ми́рная жи́тельница noun (non-military person)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- civilistica noun (non-military person)
- civìlist noun (non-military person)
- civìlistkinja noun (non-military person)
- cìvīl noun (non-military person)
Slovak
2 entries- civilista noun (non-military person)
- civilistka noun (non-military person)
Slovene
2 entries- civilist noun (non-military person)
- civilistka noun (non-military person)
Spanish
2 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
- paisano noun (non-military person)
Swedish
2 entries- civil noun (non-military person)
- civilist noun (non-military person)
Tajik
3 entries- шахси гражданӣ noun (non-military person)
- шахси ғайринизомӣ noun (non-military person)
- ғайринизомӣ noun (non-military person)
Thai
1 entries- พลเรือน noun (non-military person)
Turkish
1 entries- sivil noun (non-military person)
Ukrainian
3 entries- циві́льна люди́на noun (non-military person)
- циві́льна осо́ба noun (non-military person)
- циві́льний noun (non-military person)
Vietnamese
3 entries- dân thường noun (non-military person)
- người thường noun (non-military person)
- thường dân noun (non-military person)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I'm a civilian.
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Tom is a civilian.
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Many soldiers had a hard time coping with civilian life after the war.
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Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.