Breadcrumb Home > Thesaurus > W Synonyms of war secretary Find synonyms for: Noun1. Secretary of War, War Secretary, secretaryshipusage: head of a former executive department; combined with the Navy Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: acronym Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language