TROOPS
Dictionary entry overview: What does troops mean?
• TROOPS (noun)
The noun TROOPS has 1 sense:
1. soldiers collectively
Familiarity information: TROOPS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TROOPS (noun)
Meaning:
Soldiers collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
military personnel; soldiery; troops
Hypernyms ("troops" is a kind of...):
force; personnel (group of people willing to obey orders)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "troops"):
friendly (troops belonging to or allied with your own military forces)
hostile (troops belonging to the enemy's military forces)
cavalry; horse; horse cavalry (troops trained to fight on horseback)
garrison (the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place)
Holonyms ("troops" is a member of...):
army unit (a military unit that is part of an army)