troop

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. group, number, party, company, crowd, assemblage. — v. i. march, tramp, go. See travel.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. flock, collection, number, company, troupe, band, crowd, delegation, assemblage; see also gathering .

Syn.- troop is applied to a group of people organized as a unit [ a cavalry troop] , or working or acting together in close cooperation [troops of sightseers ] ; troupe is the current form with reference to a group of performers, as in the theater or a circus; company is the general word for any group of people associated in any of various ways [ the whole company of his detractors ] ; band suggests a relatively small group of people closely united for some common purpose and, in a more specific sense, a group of musicians [ a band of thieves, a brass band]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

group, herd, flock, throng, crowd, band, gang, assembly, assemblage, bunch, swarm, host, multitude.

II

v.

walk, pass, march, parade, file, swarm, tramp, hike.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun 1. A number of persons who have come or been gathered together: assemblage, assembly, body, company, conclave, conference, congregation, congress, convention, convocation, crowd, gathering, group, meeting, muster. Informal: get-together. See COLLECT. 2. A group of people acting together in a shared activity: band2, company, corps, party, troupe. See PERFORMING ARTS. II verb 1. To come or go in large numbers: flood, pour, swarm, throng. See BIG, MOVE. 2. To be with as a companion: associate, consort, fraternize, hang around, hobnob, run (around). Slang: hang out. Idiom: rub elbows (or shoulders) . See NEAR.