Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun armed_forces
1 sense of armed forces
Sense 1
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine -- (the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker")
=> force, personnel -- (group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens")