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Synonyms for lieutenant

  • noun

Most common

second-in-command deputy police lieutenant vicar lieut vicegerent

All synonyms

Noun

deputy, second-in-command, first lieutenant, vicar, police lieutenant, locum tenens, substitute, proxy, vicegerent, lieut

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The lowest junior commissioned officer rank(s) in many military forces, often Army and Marines. In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain. Both ranks may be referred to as "lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks.

Related words

Word family
lieutenantry lieutenantship
Phrases
first lieutenant second lieutenant lieutenant admiral police lieutenant lieutenant-colonel

Forms

Plural
lieutenants → deputies, vicars, substitutes, proxies…

Example sentences

  • deputy Ziri was a sheriff's deputy back in the 1980s.
  • vicar The vicar often refers to the Bible in his sermon.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
lieutenantsteady
deputyfalling
vicarsteady
lieutfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
proxy2, vicar2, lieut
6 letters
deputy3
10 letters
substitute3, vicegerent

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (proxy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
lieutenant