Meanings
- The United States national holiday in honor of all military veterans (past and present, living and deceased, with peacetime or wartime service), observed on November 11th.
Near-synonyms: Armistice Day (former name), Remembrance Day (as the same day is called in various other countries)
Synonyms: Armistice Day, Remembrance Day
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe United States national holiday in honor of all military veterans (past and present, living and deceased, with peacetime or wartime service), observed on November 11th.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna legal holiday in the United States; formerly Armistice Day but called Veterans' Day since 1954
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
Veterans Day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Veterans%20Day
“Veterans Day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Veterans%20Day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Veterans Day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Veterans%20Day.
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