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Synonyms for battalion
bəˈtæl yənbat·tal·ion
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Princeton's WordNet
battalionnoun
an army unit usually consisting of a headquarters and three or more companies
Synonyms:
pack, multitude, plurality, large numberbattalion, large number, multitude, plurality, packnoun
a large indefinite number
"a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
Synonyms:
mob, mass, coterie, masses, pack, gang, plurality, ingroup, large number, inner circle, the great unwashed, face pack, multitude, clique, camp, concourse, throng, hoi polloi, ring, relative majority, people
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List of paraphrases for "battalion":
bataillon, battalions, ying, regiment, brigade, camp, cavalry, contingent
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#105 | people | |
#1517 | ring | |
#1570 | pack | |
#2009 | mass | |
#2135 | load | |
#2283 | camp | |
#4228 | gang | |
#10160 | masses | |
#10302 | pile | |
#12126 | brigade | |
#12251 | regiment | |
#12365 | mob | |
#13558 | contingent | |
#13665 | battalion | |
#13753 | horde | |
#14364 | heap | |
#15954 | multitude | |
#17666 | cavalry | |
#21615 | plurality | |
#22762 | ying | |
#29198 | clique | |
#36341 | concourse | |
#42895 | battalions | |
#50398 | throng | |
#97651 | coterie | |
#136283 | swathe | |
#148434 | ingroup | |
#262479 | bataillon |
How to use battalion in a sentence?
Staff General Raymond Odierno:
In the past we would have a British Army division working alongside an American division. Now it might be a British brigade inside an American division, or even a British battalion inside an American brigade.
There is a big battalion of people always ready to prove the right points as wrong, so how a person can remain morally strong and for how long.
We had an advanced party of 18 members of the incoming battalion arrive on Jan. 9 to begin preparations for delivery of contingent-owned equipment.
At the direction of the Commander in Chief, I have authorized the deployment of an infantry battalion from the Immediate Response Force of the 82nd Airborne Division( in Fort Bragg, North Carolina) to the U.S. Central Command area of operations in response to recent events in Iraq.
Acting on a tip-off, the Rapid Action Battalion arrested them from an apartment.
Translations for battalion
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- praporCzech
- BataillonGerman
- λεφούσι, τάγμα, στίφοςGreek
- batallónSpanish
- pataljonEstonian
- bataillonFrench
- cathlánIrish
- zászlóaljHungarian
- batalyon, batalionIndonesian
- កងវរសេនាតូចKhmer
- 대대Korean
- bataljonNorwegian
- batalhãoPortuguese
- батальо́нRussian
- bataljon, батаљонSerbo-Croatian
- batalionAlbanian
- bataljonSwedish
- படைப்பிரிவுTamil
- tiểu đoànVietnamese
- 營Chinese
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