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

1 sense of noncombatant

Sense 1
noncombatant -- (a member of the armed forces who does not participate in combat (e.g. a chaplain or surgeon))
       => serviceman, military man, man, military personnel -- (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty")

Antonyms of adj noncombatant

2 senses of noncombatant

Sense 1
noncombatant -- (used of civilians in time of war)

INDIRECT (VIA civilian) -> military -- (associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police")

Sense 2
noncombatant -- (member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)

INDIRECT (VIA military) -> civilian -- (associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life")

Similarity of adj noncombatant

2 senses of noncombatant

Sense 1
noncombatant -- (used of civilians in time of war)
       => civilian (vs. military) -- (associated with civil life or performed by persons who are not active members of the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life")

Sense 2
noncombatant -- (member of armed forces whose duties do not include fighting as e.g. a chaplain or surgeon)
       => military (vs. civilian) -- (associated with or performed by members of the armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police")