Words Like COMMANDER

We have put together a list of words that are similar to COMMANDER.

7 Alternative Words Similar to commander

1 Commandant Noun      Synonym Words Like Commandant
2 Leader Noun      Synonym Words Like Leader
3 Man Noun      Synonym Words Like Man
4 Serviceman Noun      Synonym Words Like Serviceman
5 Chief Noun      Synonym Words Like Chief
6 Saclant Noun      Hyponym
7 Generalissimo Noun      Hyponym

10 definitions of commander

1 A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
2 An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
3 The chief officer of a commandery.
4 A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc.
5 an officer in command of a military unit
6 an officer in the airforce
7 a commissioned naval officer who ranks above a lieutenant commander and below a captain
8 someone in an official position of authority who can command or control others
9 A person who commands, especially a commanding officer.
10 A commissioned rank in the U.S. Navy or Coast Guard that is above lieutenant commander and below captain.
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