Word Type

Adjective

Adjective

Noun

The word "military" can be used as adjective, adjective and noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

civilian unmilitary

Typical Location

country war

Capable Of

arm soldiers

Derived Terms

antimilitary countermilitary cybermilitary deep underground military base geo-military intermilitary intramilitary milab milblog militainment militaresque militarian militariana militariat militaric militarical militarily militariness militarist militaristic military abduction military academy military advisor military attaché military brat military communism military engine military engineer military exercise military fork military government military grade military gray military grey military hospital military hotel military insignia military intelligence military law military load class military load classification military macaw military medium military officer military order military parade military personnel military pickle military police military policeman military power military press military prison military rank military saint military school military science fiction military service military spouse military tactics military time military tribunal military uniform military widow military will military-entertainment complex militaryese militaryism militarylike militaryspeak militarywear militarywise military–industrial complex militician militocracy multimilitary narcomilitary non-military non-military service nonmilitary paramilitary politico-military postmilitary premilitary private military contractor promilitary pseudomilitary quasimilitary religiomilitary semi-military special military operation unmilitary

Distinct From

civilian nonmilitary

Context

north america us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

force personnel

Type Of (IsA)

force intelligent agent activity secret organization

Receives Action

composed of men and women divided into corps

Related Terms

Coast Guard Merchant Marine US National Guard air force army marines martial mil. militia navy

Related Terms

air force armed forces army coast guard marines martial merchant marine mil military insignia military intelligence military medium military officer military rank military tribunal military uniform militia mill navy nonmilitary soldiers us national guard

Similar Terms

combatant combatant expeditionary expeditionary martial martial militaristic militaristic noncombatant noncombatant soldierlike soldierlike soldierly warlike warlike warriorlike

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.