Synonyms for army

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military, regimental, combat, land, air, ground, commando, veteran, guerrilla, fighting, militant, belligerent, martial, regimented, under arms, in the army, under orders, drafted, volunteered, in service, serving one's country; see also military.

noun

  1. Military land forces

    armed force, standing army, regulars, soldiery, soldiers, troops, men, cavalry, force de frappe (French), infantry, artillery, land forces, reserves, militia, the military; see also air force, artillery 2, infantry.

  2. A unit of an army, sense 1

    division, regiment, air mobile division, armored division, airborne division, infantry division, regiment, battalion, company, battery, corps, brigade, flight, wing, amphibious force, task force, detail, detachment, squad, troop, platoon, blocking force, patrol, unit, command, formation, point, squadron, maniple, cohort, decury, column, legion, platoon, outfit.

  3. Any large group

    host, throng, multitude; see crowd 1.

See army in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II


noun

A very large number of things grouped together:

cloud, crowd, drove, flock, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, ruck1, score (used in plural), swarm, throng. See big, group

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