SERVICEWOMEN Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

servicewomen

noun

plural of servicewoman

as in servicemen

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The presidential decree, which was published Monday on Russia’s official legal information database, will put the size of Russia’s armed forces at 2,441,630, including 1,550,500 active servicemen.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
About 167,000 servicemen have returned from Ukraine, presidential administration official Sergei Novikov said in December, although Russian media reports and experts say the number is probably higher.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of servicemen

Noun

Israel says four of its soldiers have been killed by militants in Gaza over the same period.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
The film, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, sees the pair interview Israeli intelligence officers and soldiers (faces concealed, voices digitally altered) on rooftops in Tel Aviv about the civilian death toll in Gaza.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of soldiers

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that Russia has effectively started a fresh wave of military mobilization, estimating that there are currently more than 8,000 North Korean troops on Russian territory.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Haskins regularly performed music, and participated in two USO tours for troops in Kosovo, Macedonia, and Bosnia in 2000, and again in 2002 in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Oman, and Kyrgyzstan.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of troops

Noun

The development marks an important shift in the way modern militaries could defend against the growing threat posed by inexpensive drones.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
The plane was told to wait for clearance from the Jordanian military and then turned away.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

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