VA

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Initialism of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

Similar
Department of Veterans Affairs
Very commonScrabble 5

Meanings

VA1

proper noun
  1. USabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of United States Department of Veterans Affairs.

    He is in a VA hospital.

    2 more examples

    Mr. Musk’s cuts will affect thousands of veterans — a powerful constituency and a core part of the Trump base. Mr. Collins made the point that they should not wield a blunt instrument and cleave off everyone from the V.A. […] A Department of Veterans Affairs spokesman said, “As President Trump has said, it’s important to increase efficiency and reduce bureaucracy while keeping in place the best and most productive federal employees. V.A. is working with DOGE and the rest of the administration to do just that.”

    2025 March 7, Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, “Inside the Explosive Meeting Where Trump Officials Clashed With Elon Musk”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2025

    The VA is scrapping those plans for now, but it is on pace to reduce the total number of staffers by nearly 30,000, “through the federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements and normal attrition,” the agency said in a news release, adding that those cuts will eliminate “the need for a large-scale reduction-in-force.”

    2025 July 7, Brian Todd, “VA walks back plans for mass layoffs but will still lose tens of thousands of jobs”, in CNN
  2. abbreviationpostalAbbreviation of Virginia: a state of the United States.
nounVA (countable and uncountable, plural VAs)

plural VAs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablemanagementInitialism of value analysis.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of veterans' affairs.
  3. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableentertainmentInitialism of various artists.
  4. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of voice artist.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of voice actor.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of voice actress.
  7. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of volt-ampere.
  8. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of virtual assistant.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of visual arts.
  10. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablebusinessInitialism of vertical alignment (“LCD screen technology”).
  11. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountablecomputingInitialism of virtual address.
adjectiveVA (not comparable)
  1. UKabbreviationinitialismnot comparableeducationInitialism of voluntary aided.

Va2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of Virginia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe United States federal department responsible for the interests of military veterans; created in 1989

Similar
Department of Veterans Affairs
Broader
executive department

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

VA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VA

MLA

“VA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VA. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “VA,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/VA.

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