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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verb

present tense third-person singular of troop

as in marches

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Gerasimov also claimed Russian troops had overcome the first defensive line of the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk fortified region in certain areas and that operations were currently advancing along a 160-kilometer front. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Some of those attacks have killed and wounded American troops. — Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 These troops were deployed in critical areas and suffered high casualty rates. — Shannon Fogg, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026 It’s most often seen in people who play contact sports such as football, hockey and soccer, but it has also been detected in the brains of troops who have been injured in explosions and in some people who experience domestic violence. — Nadia Kounang, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026 Two years after Nixon withdrew troops from Vietnam in 1973, South Vietnamese allies would surrender to the Communist north. — Susan Page, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for troops

Noun

Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise, which traces its roots to 1954, involved around 18,000 Korean troops and an undisclosed number of American soldiers this year.

— Lisa Kim, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026
The good news is the world has not seen a successful military coup since November of last year, when soldiers deposed the president of Guinea-Bissau on the coast of West Africa.

— Keith B. Richburg, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2026

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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

Noun

Trump has publicly stepped back from efforts to make diplomatic progress with Iran, facing deadlocked attempts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and intensifying questions about the toll an unpopular war has taken on the US military.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, the Israeli military admitted that its troops had opened fire on the car carrying Rajab and six members of her family in January 2024.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

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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

Verb

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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