Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun marines

1 sense of marines

Sense 1
Marines -- (members of a body of troops trained to serve on land or at sea)
       => military service, armed service, service -- (a force that is a branch of the armed forces)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun marine

2 senses of marine

Sense 1
Marine, devil dog, leatherneck, shipboard soldier -- (a member of the United States Marine Corps)
       => serviceman, military man, man, military personnel -- (someone who serves in the armed forces; a member of a military force; "two men stood sentry duty")

Sense 2
marine -- (a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land)
       => soldier -- (an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army; "the soldiers stood at attention")