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Admiral (abbreviated as ADM) is a four-star commissioned officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps with the pay grade of O-10.
ad· mi· ral ˈad-m (ə-)rəl. Synonyms of admiral. 1. archaic : the commander in chief of a navy. 2. a. : flag officer. b. : a commissioned officer in the navy or coast guard who ranks above a vice admiral and whose insignia is four stars compare general.
Admiral is a military rank, typically the highest or among the highest flag officers in a navy. In the armed forces of the United States and Commonwealth of Nations, an admiral—sometimes clarified as a "full admiral"—is the equivalent of a general in the army or air force.
noun [ C ] us / ˈæd·mər·əl / Add to word list. a naval officer of the highest rank. (Definition of admiral from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of admiral. admiral. What do you think we should have done in response to all that, admiral? From The Hill.
Mar 11, 2024 · admiral, the title and rank of a senior naval officer, often referred to as a flag officer, who commands a fleet or group of ships of a navy or who holds an important naval post on shore. The term is sometimes also applied to the commander of a fleet of merchant vessels or fishing ships.
noun [ C ] us / ˈæd·mər·əl / Add to word list. a naval officer of the highest rank. (Definition of admiral from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of admiral. admiral. Membership of parliament was not something for which an admiral was qualified. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
Admiral is the 25th rank in the United States Navy, ranking above Vice Admiral and directly below Fleet Admiral. An admiral is a Flag Officer at DoD paygrade O-10, with a starting monthly pay of $18,492 .
