Synonyms of militia

militia

noun

as in battalion

a group of people who are not part of the armed forces of a country but are trained like soldiers

Local militia were an important part of American forces during the Revolutionary War.

Related Words

• battalion
• army
• soldiers
• troops
• infantry
• national guard
• standing army
• ranks
• host
• legion
• troopers
• array
• regulars

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of militia

The resulting judgments found that Iran, acting through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its Quds Force, supplied Shiite militia groups with funding, training, weapons and technical assistance used to target Americans. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

This time Riyadh joined the United States by launching a series of airstrikes against those Iraqi militias backed by Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Weapons of the militias shall be decommissioned and stored under NCAG authority according to an agreed upon timetable. — ABC News, 31 July 2026

The massacre, which took place in Hamburg, South Carolina, began as a dispute between a local Black militia and two white citizens over whether the latter could cross the group’s centennial Fourth of July parade. — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026