Synonyms for army
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Ground forces
2. Troops — A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.…
Definitions
- n. 1
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces.
The army received a bigger share of this year's budget increase than the navy or air force.
- n. 2
A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations.
The army was sent in to quell the uprising.
Related words
- Word family
- armament arm arms armed armor
- Phrases
- army ant regular army army volunteer one-man army troll army
Forms
- Plural
- armies → militaries, regiments, soldieries, forces…
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An army is an organized body of men armed for war, ordinarily considerable in numbers, always independent in organization so far as not to be a constituent part of any other command. Organization, unity, and independence, rather than numbers are the essentials of an army.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- forces The Marines quickly defeated the communist forces.
- troops German troops were sent into the Rhineland region.
- squad Martha was the captain of the cheerleading squad.
- legion Members of the Legion committed horrible crimes.
- swarm A swarm of flies want to eat your bread and fruit.
- phalanx The general charges the phalanx of the Egyptians.
By length
- 4 letters
- here1, host1
- 5 letters
- force1, squad1, array2, swarm1
- 6 letters
- forces2, troops1, legion2, throng1
- 7 letters
- company3, phalanx2
- 8 letters
- military4, regiment3, soldiery
- 9 letters
- multitude3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (array2 = 2 syllables).