ENLISTED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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Definition of enlisted

as in militant

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verb

past tense of enlist

as in inducted

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as in recruited

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Most boards consider hundreds, if not thousands, of officers for promotion, and senior enlisted troops also come before similar boards. — Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025 Ron Lerch, the Space Force's senior enlisted advisor for intelligence. — Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025 The 90-year-old financial institution started serving the enlisted and civilian personnel at Naval Station Great Lakes. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2025 One of five kids, Crumb was born in 1943 to Chuck, an enlisted Marine, and Bea, a diner waitress. — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enlisted

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That militant arm of the Democratic Party kept Black voters from going to the polls, sometimes by violence, The Observer reported.

— Chase Jordan July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
So far, the Houthis have been unable or unwilling to enforce the blockade that the militant group announced Tuesday.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of militant

Verb

However, all three of Embiid, Maxey and Brown recruited James directly, according to McMenamin.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
The challenges are where most of the drama goes down, but the show also recruited none other than Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, to serve as a guest judge for an episode that airs on July 26, 2026.

— Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026

Definition of recruited

Adjective

The last major pro-democracy movement was squelched in 2018, when police and pro-government paramilitary groups killed 362 protesters in what the United Nations said amounted to crimes against humanity.

— Ismael López, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026
The war erupted in April 2023 after former allies Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), fell out in a power struggle.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of paramilitary

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Last year there were 31,142 total students enrolled in the 59 schools operated by the Archdiocese of Miami, which includes Miami-Dade, Monroe and Broward counties.

— Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026
Sanders also enrolled Arkansas in the federal Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program, helping low-income families with children buy groceries over the summer.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2026

Definition of enrolled

Verb

According to the Grapevine-Colleyville school district, Pitulic was employed as a substitute at GCISD since January 2023.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026
Conversely, women already employed experienced no similar career advancement, suggesting this bias primarily affects first impressions.

— Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

Definition of employed

Adjective

The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
One of the world’s most cooperative mammals is also one of its most warlike.

— Big Think, Big Think, 8 May 2026

Definition of warlike

Verb

After Taylor left the band in 1974, the Stones conscripted Ron Wood, formerly of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 July 2026
The Sudanese conflict has conscripted the neighboring countries who are selfishly courting either faction for resources or political standing, as well as greedy, exploitative foreign powers who repeatedly leverage religious and cultural tensions in the region, into the fight for profit.

— Janine di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026

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