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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Carl Schuster, who served three tours on the Lincoln’s sister ship, the USS Nimitz, in the late 1970s and 1980s, said life aboard can be isolating, especially for enlisted crew who work deep inside the 100,000-ton carriers. — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, military officers, enlisted staff, and several American civilians were left on a plane that was deemed too dangerous for the president. — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2026 Enlisted ranks There is significantly more variation in the insignia for enlisted ranks across the service branches. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for enlisted

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Labour lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in 2016 by a far-right extremist, while Conservative David Amess was stabbed in 2021 by an attacker inspired by the militant Islamic State group.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026
Labor lawmaker Jo Cox was shot and stabbed in 2016 by a far-right extremist, while Conservative David Amess was stabbed in 2021 by an attacker inspired by the militant Islamic State group.

— Rod McGuirk, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of militant

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O’Brien, a longtime Homewood resident, will be the first representative from Special Olympics Illinois to be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

— Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Taylor Swift looked back on her earliest days crafting songs in Music City as she was inducted Monday into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, becoming its youngest member at 36.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of inducted

Verb

With the Mavericks, there is a coach, in Dusty May, who at one time recruited him collegiately, and a team willing to grow with their young players.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026
Lee recruited a friend to help move the box to her bedroom, but the setup itself took less than 10 minutes.

— Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of recruited

Adjective

Police and paramilitary forces were already waiting at the central Delhi marketplace when protesters arrived.

— Aakash Hassan, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2026
Sudan’s military and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have been fighting since April 2023, devastating large parts of the country and threatening stability along its borders.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of paramilitary

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As a result of sticker shock, Ohio saw the biggest drop — tied with Oklahoma for the most in the nation — in the number of people enrolled in the marketplace last year, with a nearly 33% decline in enrollment.

— Saige Miller, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
Stankard was born in North Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1943 and enrolled in 1961 in a glassblowing program at Salem County Vocational Technical Institute.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of enrolled

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But the very reticence my father employed to protect us had hollowed out our family.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Gonska pushed back on that assertion, saying the political strategy employed by Bass during the June 2 primary was different from the activities now being conducted by Building LA in the runoff.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of employed

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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

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