Word Type

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "phalanx" can be used as noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

distal phalanx intermediate phalanx interphalanx mesophalanx middle phalanx proximal phalanx

Inflected/Variant Forms

phalange

Context

historical historical sociology military plural phalanges plural phalanxes skeleton

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

bone crowd force military force military group military unit os

Type Of (IsA)

bone crowd long bone military unit painter

Part Of

digit

Related Terms

phalangal phalangeal phalangite

Related Terms

antiship array bone ciws cruise missile file finger fourierite greek macedonian machine gun phalanstery rank rapid fire toe utopian

Synonym Network

phalange

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