TROOPS Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

troops 1 of 2

noun

plural of troop

as in soldiers

the combined army, air force, and navy of a nation the troops overseas are grateful for the support of so many at home

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troops

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verb

present tense third-person singular of troop

as in marches

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More than 20,000 soldiers and police forces were deployed for elections, while troops carrying long guns patrolled roadsides. — Teresa Cerojano, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Non-citizen recruits and Hispanic troops are not the same population. — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 The battle had come on the heels of a blistering American defeat in Maryland that let the British troops take Washington and raze it. — Michele Metych Britannica Editors Sep. 11, Encyclopedia Britannica, 11 Sep. 2026 In Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s La Bola Negra (Netflix), Cruz plays a bawdy cabaret singer entertaining troops during the Spanish Civil War. — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026 On March 1, one day into the Iran war, an Iranian Shahed drone struck Khork's position, killing him and five other American troops. — Jonah Kaplan, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 The Houthi advance also allows Iran to increase pressure on Saudi Arabia, a US ally that hosts American troops and bases that Tehran says were used to target it. — Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026 Forces may need to create passages through obstacles so that troops, vehicles and other equipment can continue advancing. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026 The Australian singer explained that his unlikely brush with combat began when his band traveled to Vietnam in 1968 to entertain American troops during the war. — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for troops

Noun

The United States lost more than 2,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and more than 4,000 in Iraq, and more than 50,000 were wounded between the two conflicts.

— Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2026
And indeed, if, like Grossman, a correspondent is committed to telling the story of people at war, soldiers are essential actors in any conflict.

— Nick Holdstock, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026

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Verb

The two women performing a song flee to safety as Montes reaches the bimah, spins around and marches back down the aisle, this time escorted from behind by a security guard, while furiously pounding the air with his fist and ranting.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2026
Bishop Moore marches down the field thanks to a facemask penalty and a 29-yard pass from Blake McCullough to Drew Follett.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of marches

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On Thursday, its military reported hitting a refinery in Siberia as Kyiv tries to hurt Russia's vital oil sector.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
And by engaging with these powerful militaries, the group reinforced its self-image as a major regional player that was uniquely capable of liberating the Muslim world from corrupting American and Israeli influence.

— April Longley Alley, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of military

Verb

Coach Chilton strides in, strikingly different from the coach Rebecca’s used to having stride into her office.

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn.

— Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of strides

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The Los Angeles Dodgers insulted their Catholic paying customers by honoring a drag group that parades around as nuns and mocks their religion.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 July 2026
Her ex-husband parades their six-year-old daughter, Sofia, in front of the cameras and demands full custody.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 Feb. 2026

Definition of parades

Verb

In the shade of a dense forest canopy, Odette Kouakou paces through her grove of cocoa trees, snapping off dead leaves and poking the ripe yellow pods hanging down from the branches with a stick.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
And changes to Runna’s algorithms will slow structured workout paces down in hot weather to help better-balance perceived, and actual, exertion during a workout.

— Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

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