Synonyms of armies

armies

noun

plural of army

1

as in battalions

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare

In 218 b.c., Hannibal crossed the Alps with an army of 26,000 men and, most famously, a number of elephants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• battalions
• legions
• troops
• soldiers
• ranks
• militias
• arrays
• hosts
• infantries
• troopers
• standing armies
• national guards
• regulars

2

as in swarms

a great number of persons or creatures massed together

a vast army of loyal fans in line for the band's farewell concert

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swarms
• hordes
• throngs
• flocks
• crowds
• masses
• legions
• multitudes
• masses
• bikes
• mobs
• herds
• routs
• millions
• droves
• hosts
• crushes
• presses
• rabbles
• crams
• riffraffs
• rabblements
• piles
• scrums
• mountains
• gaggles
• heaps
• jams
• logjams

3

as in teams

a group of people working together on a task

an army of rescue workers descended on the tornado-stricken town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• teams
• platoons
• crews
• squads
• battalions
• companies
• brigades
• parties
• troops
• gangs
• bands
• corps
• outfits
• troupes
• departments
• forces
• staffs
• stables
• hosts
• administrations
• help
• posses
• personnels

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of armies

And yet, at the time, we were threatened with annihilation by three Arab armies that were about to invade us. — Cal Thomas, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026

The two armies are largely deadlocked on the long front line in eastern and southern Ukraine. — Susie Blann, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

The majority went to coaches’ and athletic directors’ ever-escalating salaries, lavish facilities and small armies of support staffers, nutritionists — even barbers. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Meanwhile, police forces across the country have transformed from lightly armed constabularies to small-scale armies. — Daniel Benjamin, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Colonial armies fought in every theater and constituted some of the forces deployed during the war. — Faisal Devji, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

During the period known as the Xi (Western) Zhou dynasty (1046–771 bce), warfare had been dominated by aristocratic elites and chariot forces and was generally conducted by armies smaller than those of subsequent centuries. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026

Not every comic-book story has to end with a brain-scrambling battle between gigantic armies of heroes and villains. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

And because intelligence exists in isolated fragments across different systems, companies end up deploying armies of employees whose primary, manual job is just interpretation. — Filip Popovic, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026