troops

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/tɹuːps/

noun

Military personnel in uniform.

“There were 10,000 troops in Iraq.”

CommonScrabble 8

Meanings

troops1

noun
  1. pluralplural of troop
nountroops pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyMilitary personnel in uniform.

    There were 10,000 troops in Iraq.

    Synonyms: soldiers

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of troop

Troops2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Troop

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMilitary personnel in uniform.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounsoldiers collectively

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic قُوَّات, عَسْكَرِيَّة
  • قُوَّات (quwwāt)military personnel in uniform
  • عَسْكَرِيَّة (ʕaskariyya)military personnel in uniform
Bulgarian войски́
  • войски́ (vojskí)military personnel in uniform
Chinese Mandarin 軍隊 /军队
  • 軍隊 /军队 (jūnduì)military personnel in uniform
Czech armáda, vojsko
  • armádamilitary personnel in uniform
  • vojskomilitary personnel in uniform
Danish tropper, militær
  • troppermilitary personnel in uniform
  • militærmilitary personnel in uniform
Dutch troepen
  • troepenmilitary personnel in uniform
Esperanto trupoj
  • trupojmilitary personnel in uniform
Finnish joukko, sotilaat
  • joukkomilitary personnel in uniform
  • sotilaatmilitary personnel in uniform
  • sotajoukkomilitary personnel in uniform
French troupes
  • troupesmilitary personnel in uniform
German Truppen
  • Truppenmilitary personnel in uniform
Icelandic herlið
  • herliðmilitary personnel in uniform
Indonesian pasukan
  • pasukanmilitary personnel in uniform
Italian truppe
  • truppemilitary personnel in uniform
Japanese 軍隊
  • 軍隊 (guntai)military personnel in uniform
Korean 군대
  • 군대 (gundae)military personnel in uniform
Latin cōpiae
  • cōpiaemilitary personnel in uniform
Latvian kareivji
  • kareivjimilitary personnel in uniform
Norwegian Bokmål tropp, troppestyrke
  • troppmilitary personnel in uniform
  • troppestyrkemilitary personnel in uniform
Portuguese tropas
  • tropasmilitary personnel in uniform
Russian войска́
  • войска́ (vojská)military personnel in uniform
Spanish tropas, soldados
  • tropasmilitary personnel in uniform
  • soldadosmilitary personnel in uniform
Swedish trupp, truppstyrka
  • truppmilitary personnel in uniform
  • truppstyrkamilitary personnel in uniform
Thai การทหาร
  • การทหาร (gaan-tá-hǎan)military personnel in uniform
Ukrainian війська́
  • війська́ (vijsʹká)military personnel in uniform
Urdu سِپاہ, فَوج
  • سِپاہ (sipāh)military personnel in uniform
  • فَوج (fauj)military personnel in uniform
Welsh milwyr
  • milwyrmilitary personnel in uniform
Yiddish מיליטער
  • מיליטער (militer)military personnel in uniform

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

troops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troops

MLA

“troops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troops. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “troops,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/troops.

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