Military

//ˈmɪl.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹi//

Synonyms for "military" (94 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Strong matches (28)

Noun(2 words)
forceforces

Related words (47)

Adjective(2 words)
militaricmilitarical
Particle(1 words)
yes

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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capable of

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distinct from

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has context

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is a

3 entries

receives action

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related to

21 entries

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similar

16 entries

Translations

266 translations across 74 languages.

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Afrikaans

4 entries
  • militêr adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militêre adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • oorlogs adj (relating to war)
  • weermag noun (armed forces)

Albanian

1 entries
  • ushtarak adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • στρατιωτικός adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Arabic

3 entries
  • حَرْبِيّ adj (relating to war)
  • عَسْكَرِيّ adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • قُوَّات مُسَلَّحَة noun (armed forces)

Armenian

4 entries
  • զինվորական adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • զինվորական adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • մարտական adj (relating to armies or ground forces)
  • ռազմական adj (relating to war)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • hərbi adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • hərbçi adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • əsgəri adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • silahlı qüvvələr noun (armed forces)

Bashkir

4 entries
  • хәрби adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • хәрби adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • хәрби adj (relating to war)
  • хәрби adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • вае́нны adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • вае́нны adj (relating to war)
  • вайско́вы adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • во́інскі adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • вое́нен adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • военен adj (relating to war)
  • войскови́ adj (relating to armies or ground forces)
  • а́рмия noun (armed forces)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဗိုလ်ခြေ noun (armed forces)

Catalan

4 entries
  • militar adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militar adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • militar adj (relating to war)
  • militar adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries
  • 戰爭 /战争 adj (relating to war)
  • 軍事 /军事 adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • 軍事 /军事 adj (relating to war)
  • 軍事 /军事 adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 戰爭 /战争 adj (relating to war)
  • 軍事 /军事 adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • 軍事 /军事 adj (relating to war)
  • 軍事 /军事 adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Crimean Tatar

2 entries
  • arbiy adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • askeriy adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Czech

4 entries
  • armádní adj (relating to armies or ground forces)
  • vojenský adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • válečný adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • válečný adj (relating to war)

Danish

2 entries
  • militær adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militær noun (armed forces)

Dutch

4 entries
  • krijgs adj (relating to war)
  • militair adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militair adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • militair adj (relating to war)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • milita adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • armeo noun (armed forces)

Estonian

1 entries
  • sõjavägi noun (armed forces)

Finnish

4 entries
  • sota adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • sota adj (relating to war)
  • sotilaallinen adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • sotilaallinen adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)

French

2 entries
  • armée noun (armed forces)
  • troupes noun (armed forces)

Friulian

1 entries
  • esercit noun (armed forces)

Galician

4 entries
  • militar adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militar adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • militar adj (relating to war)
  • exército noun (armed forces)

Georgian

4 entries
  • სამხედრო adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • არმია noun (armed forces)
  • სამხედრო ძალები noun (armed forces)
  • ჯარი noun (armed forces)

German

4 entries
  • Kriegs adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • Kriegs adj (relating to war)
  • Militär adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militärisch adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Greek

4 entries
  • πολεμικός adj (relating to war)
  • στρατιωτικός adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • στρατιωτικός adj (relating to armies or ground forces)
  • στρατός noun (armed forces)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צְבָאִי adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जंगी adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • फ़ौजी adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • फौजी adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • सैनिक adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • fegyveres adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • hadi adj (relating to war)
  • harci adj (relating to war)
  • katonai adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • her adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • hernaðarlegur adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • militer adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militer noun (armed forces)

Ingrian

1 entries
  • sotaväki noun (armed forces)

Iranian Persian

4 entries
  • اَرْتِشی adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • جَنْگی adj (relating to war)
  • حَرْبی adj (relating to war)
  • عَسْکَری adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Irish

2 entries
  • míleata adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • míleata adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Italian

2 entries
  • militare adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • esercito noun (armed forces)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 軍事的な adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • 軍隊 noun (armed forces)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • әскери adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • әскери adj (relating to war)

Khmer

4 entries
  • កងកម្លាំង noun (armed forces)
  • កងកម្លាំងប្រដាប់អាវុធ noun (armed forces)
  • កម្លាំងទ័ព noun (armed forces)
  • យោធពល noun (armed forces)

Korean

3 entries
  • 군사(軍事)의 adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • 군사적 adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • 군대 noun (armed forces)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • аскердик adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Lao

1 entries
  • ກອງກຳລັງ noun (armed forces)

Latin

2 entries
  • mīlitāris adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • mīlitia noun (armed forces)

Latvian

2 entries
  • militārs adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • karaspēks noun (armed forces)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • karinis adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • kariuomenė noun (armed forces)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • воен adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • армија noun (armed forces)
  • вооружени сили noun (armed forces)
  • војска noun (armed forces)

Malay

2 entries
  • ketenteraan adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • tahang (Pattani) noun (armed forces)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • സൈനിക adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • സൈനിക adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)

Marathi

2 entries
  • सैनिकी adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • लष्कर noun (armed forces)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • зэвсэгт хүч noun (armed forces)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • militær adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • krigsmakt noun (armed forces)
  • væpnede styrker noun (armed forces)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • عسكری adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Persian

1 entries
  • ارتش noun (armed forces)

Polish

4 entries
  • wojenny adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • wojenny adj (relating to war)
  • wojskowy adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • wojskowy adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • militar adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militar adj (relating to war)
  • militar adj (relating to armies or ground forces)
  • exército noun (armed forces)

Romanian

2 entries
  • militar adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militar adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Russian

4 entries
  • во́инский adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • вое́нный adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • вое́нный adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • вое́нный adj (relating to war)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • vȏjnī adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • во̑јнӣ adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Slovak

3 entries
  • vojenský adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • ozbrojené sily noun (armed forces)
  • vojsko noun (armed forces)

Slovene

3 entries
  • vojaški adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • oborožene sile noun (armed forces)
  • vojska noun (armed forces)

Spanish

4 entries
  • castrense adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • castrense adj (relating to armies or ground forces)
  • militar adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militar adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)

Swedish

4 entries
  • krigisk adj (relating to war)
  • krigs adj (relating to war)
  • militär adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • militär adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • hukbuhin adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • taunghukbo noun (armed forces)

Tajik

4 entries
  • артишӣ adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • аскарӣ adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • низомӣ adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • ҳарбӣ adj (relating to war)

Tatar

2 entries
  • гаскәри adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • хәрби adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Thai

4 entries
  • ทหาร adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • กองทัพ noun (armed forces)
  • การทหาร noun (armed forces)
  • พลากร noun (armed forces)

Turkish

2 entries
  • askerî adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • harbî adj (relating to war)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • harby adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • harby adj (relating to war)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • во́їнський adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • воє́нний adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • воє́нний adj ((North America) relating to armed forces such as the army, marines, navy and air force)
  • воє́нний adj (relating to war)

Urdu

4 entries
  • جَن٘گی adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • جَن٘گی adj (relating to war)
  • عَسْکَری adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • فَوجی adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • ھەربىي adj (relating to war)
  • ھەربىي adj (relating to armies or ground forces)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • harbiy adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • harbiy adj (relating to war)

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • quân sự adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • quân đội adj (characteristic of members of the armed forces)
  • quân đội noun (armed forces)

Wallisian

1 entries
  • solia noun (armed forces)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • מיליטער noun (armed forces)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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The President says we must beef up our military forces.

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The site is used for military purposes.

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There is a military base near here.

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Military toys are abundant in the shops.

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