Entry Word: military

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 of or relating to the armed services <the colonel testified that revealing any more information would have required giving away military secrets>

Synonyms martial, service

Related Words naval; GI, gladiatorial, mercenary, soldierly; aggressive, bellicose, combative, contentious, militant, militaristic, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, warlike

Near Antonyms civilian

Antonyms nonmilitary

2 of, relating to, or suitable for war or a warrior <after returning from the war, the college president very unsuccessfully tried to impose military discipline on the students> — see martial 1