troop
Soldiers moving together
A troop is a group of soldiers or a unit of military organization: The troops were deployed overseas.
Beyond military contexts, troop describes any organized group moving together—a troop of scouts, a troop of monkeys.
To troop is to move as a group: The children trooped into the classroom.
In casual speech, troops often just means soldiers collectively: Support our troops.
Mid-sized military unit
- regimentColonel-led military unit
- platoonSmall infantry formation
- infantryGround combat troops
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
division · brigade · squadron · soldiers · marines · commando · detachment · garrison
Group playing music together
- companyCommercial enterprise or guests
- packGroup or compress
- herdGrazing animals together
- gangOrganized criminal group
squad · party · crowd · contingent · gathering · assembly · flock · swarm
One who reconnoiters
- jamboreeLarge festive gathering
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- campfireOutdoor fire for gathering
- patrolRegular surveillance route
merit · den · pack · cub · brownie · guide · campout · uniform
Rhythmic group walk
- advanceMove or progress forward
- deployPosition for use
- mobilizeOrganize for action
- maneuverDeliberate tactical movement
convoy · column · formation · procession · file · withdraw · retreat · reinforce
battalion
Mid-sized military unit
company · division · brigade · squadron · soldiers · marines · commando · detachment · garrison · deployment
band
Group playing music together
gang · squad · party · crowd · contingent · gathering · assembly · flock · swarm · horde
scout
One who reconnoiters
patrol · merit · den · pack · cub · brownie · guide · campout · uniform · pinewood derby
march
Rhythmic group walk
maneuver · convoy · column · formation · procession · file · withdraw · retreat · reinforce · assemble
baboon
Dog-snouted Old World monkey
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- gorillaLargest great ape
- chimpanzeeGreat ape, genus Pan
mandrill · primate · macaque · band · social group · hierarchy · alpha · grooming · foraging
actors
Those playing roles
- dancersPeople who move rhythmically
- performersThose who entertain audiences
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
chorus · circus · theater · acrobats · entertainers · minstrels · players · showmen · carnival · vaudeville
- groupsteam, teams, group, club, clubs
- militarysoldiers, army, officers, navy, generals
- Girl ScoutsDaisy, Daisies, Junior, sash, sashes
- scoutsBoy Scouts, scout, Cub Scouts, scoutmaster, merit badge
- primate groupsband, shrewdness, cartload, barrel, family group
- "OO" wordsmoon, food, soon, room, cool
troopindividual
One separate human being
one · single person · loner · solitary · person
troopcivilians
Non-military population
noncombatants · civilian population · pacifists · conscientious objectors · bystanders
trooprabble
Disorderly, noisy crowd
mob · stragglers · deserters · scattering
- swore like a trooperUsed constant vulgar language
- dance troupesOrganized groups of performers
- state troopersRegional highway law officers
- storm troopersAggressive front-line soldiers
- ground troopsSoldiers operating on land
- scout troopsYouth outdoor organizations
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