Word

general, n.
(generals)
freq. cnt. 40

a general officer of the highest rank
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 40 freq. cnt.: 40

full general general

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

generalship generalship general

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

armed forces, military, armed services, military machine, war machine

hypernym

general officer

instance hyponym

Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola Alcibiades Antigonus, Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius Arnold, Benedict Arnold Belisarius Belshazzar Bolivar, Simon Bolivar, El Libertador Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley Bragg, Braxton Bragg Burgoyne, John Burgoyne, Gentleman Johnny Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside Caesar, Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng Churchill, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland Custer, George Armstrong Custer, General Custer Dayan, Moshe Dayan de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower Eugene, Prince Eugene of Savoy Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo, General Franco Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant Groves, Leslie Richard Groves Hannibal Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris Hasdrubal Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg Holofernes Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker Houston, Sam Houston, Samuel Houston Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson Johnston, J. E. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee Lucullus, Licinius Lucullus, Lucius Licinius Lucullus Luculus, Lucius Licinius Luculus Lysander Lysimachus MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur Marshall, George Marshall, George Catlett Marshall Meade, George Gordon Meade Miltiades Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, Little Corporal Ney, Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing Pickett, George Edward Pickett Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell Rochambeau, Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur Santa Anna, Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder Scott, Winfield Scott Seleucus, Seleucus I, Seleucus I Nicator Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman Siraj-ud-daula Stilwell, Joseph Warren Stilwell, Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Uncle Joe Sulla, Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein Washington, George Washington, President Washington Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell Wayne, Anthony Wayne, Mad Anthony Wayne Wellington, Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Iron Duke Xenophon Zhukov, Georgi Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov

hyponym

Blucher, von Blucher, G. L. von Blucher, Gebhard Leberecht von Blucher

a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
<noun.cognition>

general

sample sentences

"he discussed the general but neglected the particular"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

general general

antonym

specific particular

semantic pointers

hypernym

fact

the head of a religious order or congregation
<noun.person>

general superior general

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

generalship

semantic pointers

hypernym

head, chief, top dog