soldiering
Life in uniform
Soldiering is serving as a soldier or performing military duties: After twenty years of soldiering, he retired.
The word also describes going through the motions without real effort—doing just enough to avoid punishment while shirking actual work: The foreman caught them soldiering and sent them back to the line.
Organized land-based military
- infantryGround combat troops
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- combatArmed hostile engagement
battlefield · barracks · regiment · platoon · battalion · brigade · squad · corps
Feigning effort to avoid labor
- malingeringFabricating symptoms for gain
- loafingPassing time idly
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
- skivingEvading work or duty
goofing off · shirking · time-wasting · laziness · idleness · avoidance · bunking off
Persisting through time
- pressing onContinuing despite obstacles
- carrying onMaintaining activity despite obstacles
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
- pushing throughContinuing despite difficulty
persistence · resilience · determination · steadfastness · fortitude · grit · tenacity · stoicism
army
Organized land-based military
- infantryGround combat troops
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
combat · battlefield · barracks · regiment · platoon · battalion · brigade · squad · corps · marines
goldbricking
Feigning effort to avoid labor
- malingeringFabricating symptoms for gain
- loafingPassing time idly
- slackingAvoiding effort deliberately
skiving · goofing off · shirking · time-wasting · laziness · idleness · avoidance · bunking off
enduring
Persisting through time
- pressing onContinuing despite obstacles
- carrying onMaintaining activity despite obstacles
- trudgingWalking with difficulty
pushing through · persistence · resilience · determination · steadfastness · fortitude · grit · tenacity · stoicism · uncomplaining
soldieringcivilian life
Non-military everyday existence
homemaking · private life · domestic life · domesticity · office work
soldieringpeacemaking
Resolving conflicts through negotiation
peacekeeping · diplomacy · pacifism · humanitarian work · civilian service
- soldiering onContinuing despite difficulty
soldier, soldiers, soldierly, soldiered, soldiery, soldiership, soldier on