military generals
Top brass officers
Military generals are the highest-ranking officers in an army, responsible for commanding large forces and making strategic decisions in warfare.
The term often appears in discussions of military history, leadership, and political power: The military generals staged a coup.
In figurative use, someone who acts like a military general takes charge with commanding authority.
- brigadierSenior military officer
- army corpsLarge military subdivision
- strategistExpert in planning campaigns
- Napoleon BonaparteFrench military dictator
- commander-in-chiefHighest military authority holder
Dwight D. Eisenhower · logistics · Ulysses S. Grant · flanking · Erwin Rommel · counterinsurgency · Robert E. Lee · siege tactics · tactician · battle plan · war room · reconnaissance · George S. Patton · attrition warfare · Alexander the Great · generalissimo · Douglas MacArthur · field marshal
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- War Figuressoldiers, commanders, combatants, officers, marines
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- leadersleader, boss, leaders, bosses, chiefs
- Korean figuresKorean artists, independence activists, independence fighters, Korean War veterans, Kim Il-sung
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Military personnel below officers
privates · foot soldiers · infantrymen · grunts · rank and file
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Elected government representatives
elected officials · diplomats · civil servants · bureaucrats · civilian population
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Those who arrange ceasefires
Mahatma Gandhi · pacifists · Martin Luther King Jr. · doves · peace activists
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