troops

Other forms of troops

plural

troopses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about troops

What does troops mean?

troops means "soldiers collectively".

How many syllables are in troops?

troops has 1 syllable: troops. In IPA it is /ˈtɹups/.

What is another word for troops?

Close synonyms include military personnel, soldiery. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is troops a common word?

troops is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with troops?

1 word rhymes with troops. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.