ENLISTED Synonyms: 79 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in militant

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verb

past tense of enlist

as in inducted

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Henry Selick adapted Coraline by Neil Gaiman and enlisted voice performances from greats like Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, plus music by They Might Be Giants, to tell this crafty, Grimm-esque fairy tale about alternate worlds. — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 1 July 2026 Officers and enlisted men grouped around nearest radios. — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 June 2026 Van Dyke joined the Army in 2008 and, in 2023, was promoted to the rank of master sergeant, the second-highest enlisted rank in the Army, according to the indictment. — Hallie Golden, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026 Darren Heller, the AFCENT Battle Lab senior enlisted leader. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for enlisted

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Pakistan has often accused Afghanistan and India of supporting the TTP and other militant groups, allegations both countries deny.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Israel invaded southern Lebanon in March after Hezbollah, a Shia Lebanese militant group backed by Iran, resumed strikes on Israel to avenge the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

— Zeena Saifi, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of militant

Verb

Charles Charles Woodson was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021.

— Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 1 Sep. 2026
Twenty One Pilots first led a tribute performance of the stadium stomper when Jack and Meg White were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last November.

— Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of inducted

Verb

Environmental regulators recruited 14 universities, nonprofits, aquariums and laboratories to focus on different pieces of the project, from genetic research and reef monitoring to coral breeding and outplanting.

— Nicolás Rivero, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
But to a teenager being recruited by a fleet of big-name programs, the flash mattered more than the function.

— Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of recruited

Adjective

Hundreds of masked anti-immigration demonstrators in black paramilitary gear blocked roads into the Port of Dover, halting traffic, stranding travelers and freight, and briefly shutting access to Britain’s busiest ferry hub.

— Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
Midwife Mae Bastet, serving a sentence for infanticide, has spent seven years away from her children in Buzzard, the private prison run by paramilitary corporation Obsityan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026

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Donna and Gregory Witte started Nova Roots earlier this year and had enrolled 56 students for either summer programming or the 2026-27 school year, according to Arkansas Department of Education records.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2026
Both Wright and Harris said Thursday that they are enrolled in school, which allows them to be added to an open roster spot later in the season.

— Ralph D. Russo, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of enrolled

Adjective

Macron says fires are warlike crisis for France Out-of-control wildfires represent France’s greatest crisis since World War II, President Emmanuel Macron said.

— Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
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

Definition of warlike

Verb

The rare, firsthand accounts show the perils faced by tens of thousands of children believed to have been conscripted into the war by all sides.

— Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
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

Definition of conscripted

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