Home › Words › N › noncomnoncomnoncom means A non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).EtymologyShortening of non-commissioned.nounA non-commissioned officer, such as a sergeant (army) or petty officer (navy).e.g.“Noncoms in uniform photograph you, full-face and profile; they take your fingerprints.” — 1981, Italo Calvino, If on a Winter's Night a Traveler:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.nonmilitary 58% match — Not military; civilian. vs noncom →noncommissural 57% match — Not commissural. vs noncom →enlisted 57% match — Belonging to the military, but not as a commissioned officer. vs noncom →commissionless 56% match — Without commission. vs noncom →commissional 56% match — Synonym of commissionary. vs noncom →unofficered 55% match — Without an officer. vs noncom →corpsperson 54% match — A corpsman or corpswoman. vs noncom →commissionee 54% match — One who has received a commission. vs noncom →