conscript
Meaning of conscript
- enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services.
they were conscripted into the army
- a person enlisted compulsorily.
army conscripts
conscript troops
late 18th century (as a noun): from French conscrit, from Latin conscriptus, past participle of conscribere ‘enrol’. The verb is a back-formation from conscription.
Information about conscript
- The plural form of conscript is: conscripts.
- Languages in which conscript is used:
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Hyphenation of conscript
con-script
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- conscript is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
conscript synonyms
Meaning draftee:
Meaning enrol or be enrolled in the armed services:
Meaning enlist (someone) in the armed forces:
Meaning (of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service:
Meaning collect, levy, or bring together (money or resources):
Meaning assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle:
Meaning prepare a preliminary version of (a document):
Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:
Meaning make (someone) feel admiration and respect:
Meaning enlist (someone) for military service:
conscript antonyms
Meaning a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task:
Anagrams of conscript
Words that rhyme with conscript
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