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Rhymes with Defense Contractor
- subcontractor
3. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies.
Synonyms
- chemical defense
- BW defense
- biological defense
- deliberate defence
- air defense
- hasty defence
- biodefense
- defence
- biological warfare defense
- biodefence
- chemical defence
- deliberate defense
- stand
- umbrella
- hasty defense
- defensive measure
- BW defence
- biological warfare defence
- biological defence
- military action
- mining
- minelaying
Antonyms
5. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring.
Synonyms
Antonyms
7. defense
noun. ['dɪˈfɛns'] (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
Synonyms
- rationalization
- regression
- rationalisation
- unconscious process
- compensation
- repression
- denial
- process
- defence
- intellectualization
- projection
- conversion
- defense mechanism
- defense reaction
- psychoanalytic process
- idealization
- idealisation
- intellectualisation
- defence mechanism
- reaction formation
- defence reaction
- isolation
Antonyms
8. Defense
noun. the federal department responsible for safeguarding national security of the United States; created in 1947.
Synonyms
- Casualty Care Research Center
- NGA
- National Security Agency
- USN
- CCRC
- Department of Defense Laboratory System
- NSA
- DTIC
- United States Department of Defense
- Defense Logistics Agency
- DoD
- DARPA
- DISA
- US Army
- Department of Defense
- DIA
- United States Army
- Defense Information Systems Agency
- National Reconnaissance Office
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- United States Navy
- US Air Force
- U. S. Air Force
- Army
- executive department
- LABLINK
- United States Air Force
- BMDO
- Defense Intelligence Agency
- Air Force
- NRO
- USAF
- US Navy
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- Defense Technical Information Center
- Defense Department
- Navy
- USA
- U. S. Army
Sentences with defense-contractor
1. Noun Phrase
With its headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon Company (ticker symbol: RTN) is a well-known defense contractor with projects involving technology, aerospace, automation and much more.
2. Noun Phrase
The average advertised annual salary for defense contractors is $64,000 as of January 2011, according to Simply Hired.
3. Noun Phrase
Although many defense contractors are lured into combat-duty service because of the high pay and signing bonuses that go along with Department of Defense contracts, those earnings come at a price.
4. Noun Phrase
Lockheed Martin, the world's largest defense contractor and manufacturer of both arms and military aircraft, played a pivotal behind-the-scenes role in developing support for the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
