conscripts

Meaning of conscripts

verb, 3rd person present
  1. enlist (someone) compulsorily, typically into the armed services.
    they were conscripted into the army
plural noun
  1. 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 conscripts

  • The singular form of conscripts is: conscript.
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Hyphenation of conscripts

con-scripts

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
  • conscripts is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

conscripts synonyms

Meaning enrol or be enrolled in the armed services:

enlist

Meaning enlist (someone) in the armed forces:

recruit

Meaning (of a country or its government) prepare and organize (troops) for active service:

mobilize

Meaning collect, levy, or bring together (money or resources):

raise

Meaning assemble (troops), especially for inspection or in preparation for battle:

muster

Meaning prepare a preliminary version of (a document):

draft

Meaning move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force:

press

Meaning make (someone) feel admiration and respect:

impress

Meaning enlist (someone) for military service:

levy

Meaning a person conscripted for military service:

draftee

conscripts antonyms

Meaning a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task:

volunteer

Words that rhyme with conscripts

nonreceipts, receipts, adscripts, coscripts, manuscripts, nondescripts, postscripts, prescripts, proscripts, rescripts, scripts, subscripts, superscripts, tapescripts, transcripts, trimscripts, typescripts

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