Tom decided to enlist in the army.
Source: tatoeba (1094957)
Enlist
//ɛnˈlɪst//
Synonyms for "enlist" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
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18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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1 entriesSynonyms
9 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
105 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐγγράφω verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- yazdırmaq verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
Belarusian
4 entries- вербава́ць verb (to recruit others)
- завербава́ць verb (to recruit others)
- запі́свацца verb (to join a cause or organization)
- запі́сваць verb (to recruit others)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вербу́вам verb (to recruit others)
- запи́свам се verb (to join a cause or organization)
- запи́ша се verb (to join a cause or organization)
- постъ́пвам verb (to join a cause or organization)
Catalan
4 entries- allistar verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- allistar verb (to join a cause or organization)
- allistar verb (to recruit others)
- reclutar verb (to recruit others)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 入伍 verb (to join a cause or organization)
- 入隊 /入队 verb (to join a cause or organization)
Czech
4 entries- nabrat verb (to recruit others)
- nabírat verb (to recruit others)
- narukovat verb (to join a cause or organization)
- rukovat verb (to join a cause or organization)
Esperanto
1 entries- varbiĝi verb (to join a cause or organization)
Finnish
4 entries- hankkia verb (to secure, obtain)
- hankkia jäseneksi verb (to recruit others)
- ilmoittautua verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- liittyä verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
French
3 entries- recruter verb (to recruit others)
- rejoindre verb (to join a cause or organization)
- s'inscrire verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
German
4 entries- anwerben verb (to recruit others)
- eintragen verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- eintreten verb (to join a cause or organization)
- rekrutieren verb (to recruit others)
Ido
1 entries- engajar verb (to recruit others)
Japanese
1 entries- 入隊する verb (to join a cause or organization)
Korean
1 entries- 입대하다 verb (to join a cause or organization)
Latin
1 entries- conscrībō verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- یازمق verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- یازمق verb (to recruit others)
Polish
4 entries- werbować verb (to recruit others)
- zapisać się verb (to join a cause or organization)
- zapisywać się verb (to join a cause or organization)
- zwerbować verb (to recruit others)
Portuguese
3 entries- alistar verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- alistar verb (to join a cause or organization)
- recrutar verb (to recruit others)
Romanian
1 entries- înrola verb (to join a cause or organization)
Russian
4 entries- вербова́ть verb (to recruit others)
- вступа́ть verb (to join a cause or organization)
- вступи́ть verb (to join a cause or organization)
- завербова́ть verb (to recruit others)
Slovak
2 entries- narukovať verb (to join a cause or organization)
- rukovať verb (to join a cause or organization)
Spanish
4 entries- alistar verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- alistarse verb (to join a cause or organization)
- asentar plaza verb (to join a cause or organization)
- enlistar verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
Swedish
4 entries- inskriva verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- rekrytera verb (to recruit others)
- värva verb (to enter on a list, enroll, register)
- värva verb (to recruit others)
Ukrainian
4 entries- вербува́ти verb (to recruit others)
- завербува́ти verb (to recruit others)
- залуча́ти verb (to recruit others)
- залучи́ти verb (to recruit others)
Vietnamese
4 entries- tranh thủ verb (to secure, obtain)
- tuyển verb (to recruit others)
- tuyển quân verb (to recruit others)
- tòng quân verb (to join a cause or organization)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I need to enlist your help.
Source: tatoeba (3726146)
Tom's father opposed his decision to enlist in the army.
Source: tatoeba (3856806)
My father opposed my decision to enlist in the special forces.
Source: tatoeba (3856807)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.