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Noun general has 3 senses
- general, full general - a general officer of the highest rank
--1 is a kind of general officer
--1 has particulars: | | Agricola, Gnaeus Julius Agricola; Alcibiades; Antigonus, Antigonus Cyclops, Monophthalmos; Antony, Anthony, Mark Antony, Mark Anthony, Antonius, Marcus Antonius; Arnold, Benedict Arnold; Belisarius; Belshazzar; Bolivar, Simon Bolivar, El Libertador; Bradley, Omar Bradley, Omar Nelson Bradley; Bragg, Braxton Bragg; Burgoyne, John Burgoyne, Gentleman Johnny; Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside; Caesar, Julius Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar; Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Chung-cheng; Churchill, John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, First Duke of Marlborough; Clark, Mark Clark, Mark Wayne Clark; Clausewitz, Karl von Clausewitz; Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay; Clive, Robert Clive, Baron Clive, Baron Clive of Plassey; Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis, First Marquess Cornwallis; Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides; Cumberland, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, Butcher Cumberland; Custer, George Armstrong Custer, General Custer; Dayan, Moshe Dayan; de Gaulle, General de Gaulle, Charles de Gaulle, General Charles de Gaulle, Charles Andre Joseph Marie de Gaulle; Demetrius, Demetrius I, Demetrius Poliorcetes; Doolittle, Jimmy Doolittle, James Harold Doolittle; Dowding, Hugh Dowding, Baron Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding, Dowdy; Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dwight David Eisenhower, Ike, President Eisenhower; Eugene, Prince Eugene of Savoy; Flaminius, Gaius Flaminius; Franco, Francisco Franco, El Caudillo; Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi; Grant, Ulysses Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Simpson Grant, Hiram Ulysses Grant, President Grant; Groves, Leslie Richard Groves; Hannibal; Harris, Bomber Harris, Sir Arthur Travers Harris; Hasdrubal; Hindenburg, Paul von Hindenburg, Paul Ludwig von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg; Holofernes; Hooker, Joseph Hooker, Fighting Joe Hooker; Houston, Sam Houston, Samuel Houston; Jackson, Andrew Jackson, Old Hickory; Jackson, Thomas Jackson, Thomas J. Jackson, Thomas Jonathan Jackson, Stonewall Jackson; Johnston, J. E. Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston; Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias; Lee, Robert E. Lee, Robert Edward Lee; Luculus, Lucius Licinius Luculus; Lysander; Lysimachus; MacArthur, Douglas MacArthur; Marshall, George Marshall, George Catlett Marshall; Meade, George Gordon Meade; Miltiades; Mitchell, William Mitchell, Billy Mitchell; Montgomery, Bernard Law Montgomery, Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein; Napoleon, Napoleon I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bonaparte, the Little Corporal; Ney, Michel Ney, Duc d'Elchingen; Pershing, John Joseph Pershing, Black Jack Pershing; Pickett, George Edward Pickett; Pompey, Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, Pompey the Great; Powell, Colin Powell, Colin luther Powell; Rochambeau, Comte de Rochambeau, Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur; Santa Anna, Santa Ana, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana; Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe; Scipio, Scipio Africanus, Scipio Africanus Major, Publius Cornelius Scipio, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major, Scipio the Elder; Scott, Winfield Scott; Seleucus, Seleucus I, Seleucus I Nicator; Sherman, William Tecumseh Sherman; Siraj-ud-daula; Stilwell, Joseph Warren Stilwell, Vinegar Joe Stilwell, Uncle Joe; Sulla, Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix; Wallenstein, Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein; Washington, George Washington, President Washington; Wavell, Archibald Percival Wavell, First Earl Wavell; Wayne, Anthony Wayne, Mad Anthony Wayne; Wellington, Duke of Wellington, First Duke of Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, the Iron Duke; Xenophon; Zhukov, Georgi Konstantinovich Zhukov |
- general, superior general - the head of a religious order or congregation
--2 is a kind of head, chief, top dog
- general - a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"
--3 is a kind of fact
Antonyms: particular, specific
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