people

n

1. humans, human beings, human race, members of the human race, humankind, mankind, race of man, Latin. Homo. Homo sapiens; mortals, persons, souls, living souls; men, women, children, individuals; everybody, Fr. tout le monde. the whole world.

2. race, tribe, clan, community; nation, country, state; society, public, populace, population; members, fellows, membership, voters, constituency, residents, clientele.

3. relations, relatives, kin, kinfolk, kinsmen, next of kin, kith and kin; family, Inf. folk, parents, father, mother, spouse, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, Inf. kissing cousins, extended family, old friends; ancestors, strain, house, line, dynasty.

4. common people, masses, hoi polloi; the vulgus, Archaic. the vulgar, commonalty, Inf. common run, commonage, demos; proletariat, plebeians, Inf. plebs; bourgeoisie, third estate, the multitude, the many, the millions, Derogatory. booboisie, Chiefly Brit. admass, rank and file, Contemptuous. ragtag and bobtail; grass roots, Inf. the silent majority, the man in the street, Archie Bunker; U.S. Middle America, Main Street USA; the vulgar herd, the great unwashed, the rabble, the mob, King Mob, the crowd, the huddled masses; general public.

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5. populate, settle, colonize, inhabit, live in, habitate, fill; supply, stock, sow.