Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun militia

2 senses of militia

Sense 1
militia, reserves -- (civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army)
       => military unit, military force, military group, force -- (a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men")

Sense 2
militia -- (the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service; "their troops were untrained militia"; "Congress shall have power to provide for calling forth the militia"--United States Constitution)
       => body -- (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body")