legion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of LEGION

a large body of men and women organized for land warfare <joined the French Foreign Legion>

Synonyms array, battalion, host, legion

Related Words militia, national guard, standing army; infantry, ranks, regulars, soldiers, troopers, troops

a great number of persons or creatures massed together <legions of fans crowded the stadium for the rock concert>

Synonyms army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, scrum, swarm, throng

Related Words masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

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