English noun: Selective Service | |||
1. | Selective Service (group) an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service | ||
Synonyms | Selective Service System, SSS | ||
Broader (hypernym) | independent agency | ||
2. | selective service (act) compulsory military service | ||
Synonyms | conscription, draft, muster | ||
Broader (hypernym) | militarisation, militarization, mobilisation, mobilization | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | levy, levy en masse | ||
Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||