| Main Entry: | civilian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nonmilitary |
Synonyms: |
noncombatant, noncombative, nonmilitant, not in armed forces, pacificist, private, unhostile |
Antonyms: |
military |
| Main Entry: | civilian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nonmilitary person |
Synonyms: |
citizen, civ, civvie, commoner, noncombatant, private citizen, subject |
| Main Entry: | citizen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person native of country |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, aborigine, burgess, burgher, civilian, commoner, cosmopolite, denizen, dweller, freeman/woman, householder, inhabitant, member of body politic, member of community, national, native, naturalized person, occupant, resident, settler, subject, taxpayer, townsperson, urbanite, villager, voter |
| Notes: | a denizen is someone who inhabits a particular place while a citizen is a native or naturalized member of a state, city, town, or other political community |
Antonyms: |
alien, foreigner, immigrant |
| Main Entry: | civil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | civic, community |
Synonyms: |
civilian, domestic, governmental, home, interior, local, municipal, national, political, public |
| Main Entry: | commoner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plebeian |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, peasant |
| Main Entry: | pleb |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonalty |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, common, commonality, commoner, crowd, hoi polloi, mass, mob, peasant, plebeian, populace, public, ruck, third estate |
| Main Entry: | ruck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonalty |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, common, commonality, commoner, crowd, hoi polloi, mass, mob, peasant, pleb, plebeian, populace, public, third estate |
| Main Entry: | third estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | commonalty |
Synonyms: |
bourgeois, bourgeoisie, citizen, civilian, common, commonality, commoner, crowd, hoi polloi, mass, mob, peasant, pleb, plebeian, populace, public, ruck |