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nonveteran

nonveteran

1 4.9
A person who has not served in the military
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈvɛtərən/
: no veterano
  • Unemployment rates declined for both veterans and nonveterans.
  • nonveterans and veterans
  • homeless nonveterans
  • nonveterans of similar ages

Examples

  • Approximately 74% of veterans report past or current smoking, compared with 48% of nonveterans.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Veterans in our sample were generally older and more educated than nonveterans.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The percentage for nonveterans was unchanged from the previous year.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Do veterans have an edge over nonveterans when it comes to covering war?

    Blog text (34)
  • For nonveterans, 65.4 percent participated in the labor force in 2017.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Veterans were more likely than nonveterans to say they lived in racially integrated neighborhoods.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Credible economic studies indicate that by the early 1980s, the Vietnam veteran earned 15 percent less than comparable nonveterans.

    Academic text (1996)
  • Results indicated that veterans and nonveterans differed in age and in education, and with regard to the interaction of these two variables.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The difference in participation rates for veterans and nonveterans reflects the age profile of veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era.

    Academic text (2018)
  • Many nonveterans struggle to find jobs in a competitive market.

Synonyms

civilian
vsnonveteran
537 2.6

A person who is not a soldier or police officer

focuses on never having served rather than just not currently serving
civ
vsnonveteran
  • Jargon
1 9.9

A person who is not a member of the military or police

refers to someone who never served in the armed forces rather than current status

Antonyms

570 3.3

A person who served in the military, often in a war

How Veteran

veteran
570 3.3
nonveteran
1 4.9

Surface Forms

nonveteran singular
nonveterans plural

Morphology

nonveteran = veteran (transparent) = non + veteran

The negative prefix 'non-' combines with the clear base 'veteran' to yield the straightforward meaning 'not a veteran'.

Etymology

A nonveteran is a person described by the parts non- ('not') and veteran ('someone with military experience'), so the noun names someone who has not served in the armed forces.