soldierlike

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈsoʊldʒərlaɪk/ UK /ˈsəʊldʒəlaɪk/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
resembling or befitting a soldier; disciplined and brave

He bore the hardship with soldierlike composure.

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Synonyms

1 adj · resembling or befitting a... soldierly martial military disciplined valiant brave

Opposites

cowardly undisciplinedunmilitary

Word family

Related forms soldier soldierly

Etymology

A compound of soldier + -like. Soldier derives from Old French soldier ('one who serves for pay'), from soulde ('pay'), from Latin solidus ('a gold coin').

soldier Old French solidus Latin

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Describing Qualities

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# soldierlike

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsoʊldʒərlaɪk/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsəʊldʒəlaɪk/

## Meanings
1. resembling or befitting a soldier; disciplined and brave

## Examples
- He bore the hardship with soldierlike composure.

## Synonyms
- soldierly
- martial
- military
- disciplined
- valiant
- brave

## Antonyms
- cowardly
- undisciplined
- unmilitary

## Related Forms
- soldier
- soldierly

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: soldier
- Root: solidus

## Etymology
A compound of soldier + -like. Soldier derives from Old French soldier ('one who serves for pay'), from soulde ('pay'), from Latin solidus ('a gold coin').

## AI Etymology
Soldierlike is a compound of soldier + -like. Soldier derives from Old French soldier ('one who serves for pay'), from soulde ('pay'), from Latin solidus ('a gold coin'). The historical chain includes Old French soldier and Latin solidus. Older glosses in the chain include "one who serves for pay", "pay", and "a gold coin", which help explain the semantic range of the modern word. Morphologically, soldierlike is best read as compound, suffixal formation, and borrowing, yielding an English adjective shaped by both form history and later usage. In current English it functions as an adjective, with the sense "resembling or befitting a soldier; disciplined and brave". related forms include soldier and soldierly. The result is an English adjective whose etymology preserves the older forms while supporting the word's specialized modern meaning.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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