| Main Entry: | conscript |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recruit |
Synonyms: |
draftee, inductee |
| Main Entry: | chosen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preferred |
Synonyms: |
called, conscript, elect, exclusive, got the nod, named, pegged, pick, picked, popular, preferential, select, selected, tabbed |
Antonyms: |
ignored, inferior |
| Main Entry: | commandeer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | seize, take over |
Synonyms: |
accroach, activate, annex, appropriate, arrogate, assume, confiscate, conscript, draft, enslave, expropriate, grab, hijack, liberate, moonlight requisition, preempt, requisition, sequester, sequestrate, snatch, take, usurp |
| Main Entry: | draft |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | select for military force |
Synonyms: |
call up, choose, conscribe, conscript, dragoon, enlist, enroll, impress, indite, induct, muster, press, recruit, sign on, sign up |
| Notes: | wind moves horizontally, while a draft moves vertically |
| Main Entry: | enlist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sign up for responsibility |
Synonyms: |
admit, appoint, assign, attract, call to arms, call up, conscribe, conscript, draft, embody, employ, engage, enroll, enter, enter into, gather, get, hire, hitch, incorporate, induct, initiate, inscribe, interest, join, join up, levy, list, mobilize, muster, oblige, obtain, place, press into service, procure, record, recruit, register, reserve, secure, serve, sign on, take on, volunteer |
Antonyms: |
avoid, dodge, shun |
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obligate to do something |
Synonyms: |
apply, bear down, bear hard on, bind, blackmail, bring pressure to bear upon, burden, cause, charge, choke, coerce, command, compel, concuss, conscript, constrain, contract, demand, draft, drag, dragoon, drive, enforce, enjoin, exact, extort, fix, impel, impose, impress, inflict, insist, limit, make, move, necessitate, oblige, obtrude, occasion, order, overcome, pin down, press, pressure, pressurize, put screws to, put squeeze on, require, restrict, sandbag, shotgun, strong-arm, urge, wrest, wring |
Antonyms: |
let go |
| Main Entry: | induct |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take into an organization |
Synonyms: |
conscript, draft, enlist, inaugurate, initiate, install, instate, introduce, invest, recruit, sign on, sign up, swear in |
Antonyms: |
blackball, expel, reject, turn away |
| Main Entry: | soldier |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person serving in military |
Synonyms: |
GI, Green Beret, airforce member, cadet, cavalryperson, commando, conscript, draftee, enlisted person, fighter, guard, guerrilla, gunner, infantry, infantryperson, marine, mercenary, military person, musketeer, officer, paratrooper, pilot, private, rank, recruit, scout, selectee, serviceperson, soldier, soldier-at-arms, trooper, veteran, volunteer, warmonger, warrior |
| Main Entry: | warrior |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who fights in combat |
Synonyms: |
GI, battler, champion, combatant, conscript, enlisted person, fighter, fighting person, hero, serviceperson, soldier, trooper |
| Main Entry: | proselyte |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | recruit |
Synonyms: |
conscript, convert, neophyte |