Antonyms for army
ˈɑr miarmy

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. armynoun

   Synonyms:
   hereEtymology 2, ferdEtymology 1, host

2. armynoun

   A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations

   Army has several returning starters this year.

   Synonyms:
   ferdEtymology 1, host, hereEtymology 2

3. armynoun

   The governmental agency in charge of a state's army.

   The army opposed the legislature's involvement.

   Synonyms:
   ferdEtymology 1, hereEtymology 2, host

4. armynoun

   A large group of people working toward the same purpose.

   It took an army of accountants to uncover the fraud.

   Synonyms:
   hereEtymology 2, host, ferdEtymology 1

5. armynoun

   A large group of social animals working toward the same purpose.

   Our house is being attacked by an army of ants.

   Synonyms:
   hereEtymology 2, ferdEtymology 1, host

6. armynoun

   Any multitude

   On sunny days the beaches draw armies of tourists of all kinds.

   Synonyms:
   hereEtymology 2, host, ferdEtymology 1

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 3 votes

1. army

   An army is an organized body of men armed for war, ordinarily considerable in numbers, always independent in organization so far as not to be a constituent part of any other command. Organization, unity, and independence, rather than numbers are the essentials of an army. We speak of the invading army of Cortes or Pizarro, tho either body was contemptible in numbers from a modern military standpoint. We may have a little army, a large army, or a vast army. Host is used for any vast and orderly assemblage; as, the stars are called the heavenly host. Multitude expresses number without order or organization; a multitude of armed men is not an army, but a mob. Legion (from the Latin) and phalanx (from the Greek) are applied by a kind of poetic license to modern forces; the plural legions is preferred to the singular. Military is a general word for land-forces; the military may include all the armed soldiery of a nation, or the term may be applied to any small detached company, as at a fort, in distinction from civilians. Any organized body of men by whom the law or will of a people is executed is a force; the word is a usual term for the police of any locality.

   Synonyms:
   armament, array, force, forces, host, legions, military, multitude, phalanx, soldiers, soldiery, troops

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. army

   Antonyms:
   fewness, a small number, individual, paucity, single person

   Synonyms:
   troops, soldiery, legion, soldiers, military, phalanx, host, multitude

Matched Categories

1. • Agency
   • Crowd
   • Military
   • Military Service

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. army, regular army, ground forcesnoun

   a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state

   Synonyms:
   regular army, ground forces

2. armynoun

   a large number of people united for some specific purpose

   Synonyms:
   regular army, ground forces

3. United States Army, US Army, U. S. Army, Army, USAnoun

   the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare

   Synonyms:
   regular army, ground forces, the States

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. armynoun

   Synonyms:
   troops, force, armament, host, legions, throng

   Associated words:
   militia, military, strategy, logistics, generalship, tactics, regiment, squad, company, stratography, flank, barracks, bivouac, muster, caisson, ploy, ployment, deploy, deployment, van, mobilize, mobilization demobilize, demobilization, etat major, impedimenta, munitions

How to use army in a sentence?

1. Dmitry Peskov:

   It's important to understand that this operation is to support the Syrian army in the fight with ISIS and other extremist groups, there's a list of these groups, they all are known. Of course all targets are located in coordination with the Syrian army.

2. Syrian President Bashar al-Assad:

   They cannot accept the reality that we are the only power fighting ISIS on the ground, for them, maybe if they cooperate with the Syrian Army, this is like a recognition or our effectiveness in fighting ISIS.

3. Prime Minister Miro Cerar:

   The government has decided to include the army in helping police.

4. Duncan Hunter:

   So you have them doing a retaliatory investigation of a great soldier. This is the kind of guy we want in The Army. This is who we want out there fighting for us.

5. Henry Kissinger:

   The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

How to pronounce army?

How to say army in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency