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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soldierlike; concerning the armed forces |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, armed, army, combatant, combative, fighting, martial, militant, militaristic, noncivil, soldierly, warlike, warmongering |
| Antonyms: | civilian |
| Main Entry: | martial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | having to do with armed hostilities |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, hostile, military, pugnacious, soldierly, warlike |
| Notes: | marital means of or relating to the state of marriage, while martial means of or relating to or suggesting of war |
| Antonyms: | civil, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | militant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggressive, combative |
| Synonyms: | active, assertive, assertory, bellicose, belligerent, combating, contending, contentious, embattled, fighting, gladiatorial, in arms, martial, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, pushy, quarrelsome, scrappy, self-assertive, truculent, up in arms, vigorous, warlike, warring |
| Antonyms: | compliant, peaceful, peaceloving, submissive, tolerant |
| Main Entry: | troop/troops |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, often military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting forces, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, personnel, service personnel, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | warlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, battling |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, attacking, bellicose, belligerent, bloodthirsty, combative, contending, contentious, contrary, fighting, gladiatorial, hawkish, inimical, martial, militant, militaristic, military, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, ructious, soldierly, truculent, unfriendly, warmongering, warring |
| Antonyms: | harmonizing, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | armed forces |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military forces |
| Synonyms: | armament, armed services, defense forces, fighting machine, military, military service, service, troops |
| Main Entry: | troop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting men, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, men, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, servicemen, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troops, troupe, unit |
| Notes: | troop is from Latin troppus 'flock' and is a group of people or animals; troupe is a company of actors or performers |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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