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| Main Entry: |
troop/troops
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group, often military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting forces, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, personnel, service personnel, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | band |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group of people with same interest |
| Synonyms: | assembly, association, bevy, body, bunch, clique, club, cluster, collection, company, corps, coterie, covey, crew, gang, gathering, horde, menagerie, outfit, party, society, troop, troupe |
| Main Entry: | brigade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fleet of trained people |
| Synonyms: | army, band, body, company, contingent, corps, crew, detachment, force, group, organization, outfit, party, posse, squad, team, troop, unit |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
Example Sentences
- Iran even went so far as to call the troop movement an invasion.
- One particular troop was observed acting normally and visited again several years later.
- The rest of the troop was scrambling around trying to get out of their way.
| Main Entry: | bunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | collection of something |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, assemblage, assortment, band, batch, bevy, blob, bouquet, bundle, caboodle, chunk, clump, cluster, covey, crew, crowd, fascicle, flock, galaxy, gang, gathering, group, heap, host, hunk, knot, lot, mass, mess, mob, multitude, number, oodles*, pack, parcel, party, passel, pile, quantity, sheaf, shebang, shock, shooting match, spray, stack, swarm, team, thicket, troop, tuft |
| Antonyms: | individual, one |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caravan |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group traveling together |
| Synonyms: | band, camel train, campers, cavalcade, convoy, expedition, procession, safari, train, troop |
| Antonyms: | individual |
| Main Entry: | company |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crowd of people |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, assembly, association, band, body, circle, clan, clique, club, collection, community, concourse, congregation, convention, corps, cortege, coterie, crew, ensemble, gang*, gathering, group, horde, jungle*, league, mob*, muster, order, outfit, pack, party, retinue, ring, ruck, set, team, throng, troop, troupe, turnout, zoo |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | corps |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group trained for action |
| Synonyms: | band, body, brigade, company, contingent, crew, detachment, division, outfit, party, posse, regiment, squad, squadron, team, troop, troupe, unit |
| Main Entry: | crew |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | group working together |
| Synonyms: | aggregation, assemblage, band, bevy, bunch, cluster, collection, company, complement, congregation, corps, covey, crowd, faction, gang, hands, herd, horde, lot, mob, organization, pack, party, posse, retinue, sailors, sect, set, squad, swarm, team, troop, troupe, workers, working party |
| Main Entry: | crowd |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cram, press into area |
| Synonyms: | bear, bunch, bundle, chock, cluster, congest, congregate, crush, deluge, elbow, flock, gather, huddle, jam, jam-pack, justle, mass, muster, overcrowd, pack, pack 'em in, pack like sardines, pile, push, ram, sardine, shove, squash, squeeze, squish, stream, surge, swamp, swarm, throng, top off, troop |
| Antonyms: | abandon, leave, retreat |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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