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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | military |
| Synonyms: | armed forces, army, assemblage, assembly, band, body, bunch, collection, combatants, company, contingent, corps, crew, crowd, delegation, drove, fighting men, flock, forces, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, legion, men, military, multitude, number, outfit, pack, party, servicemen, soldiers, soldiery, squad, swarm, team, throng, troopers, troops, troupe, unit |
| Notes: | troop is from Latin troppus 'flock' and is a group of people or animals; troupe is a company of actors or performers |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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