| Main Entry: | proletariat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working class |
Synonyms: |
blue-collar workers, bourgeoisie, common people, commoners, hoi polloi, lower class, peasant, plebians, proletarian, rank and file, working stiff |
| Notes: | bourgeoisie is the middle class, while the proletariat is a lower working class |
| Main Entry: | folk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's relations, acquaintances |
Synonyms: |
body politic, clan, community, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, family, general public, group, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, ménage, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe |
| Main Entry: | hoi polloi |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common people |
Synonyms: |
Middle America, common people, commonality, commoners, great unwashed, huddled masses, infrastructure, masses, multitude, plebians, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff, the common people, the herd, the many, the masses, the multitude, the proletariat, the working class, vulgus |
| Main Entry: | labor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person(s) performing service |
Synonyms: |
apprentice, blue collar, breadwinner, employee, hack*, hand*, hard hat, help, helper, hireling, instrument, laborer, learner, operative, prentice, proletariat, rank and file, toiler, work force, worker, working people |
Antonyms: |
management, manager |
| Main Entry: | masses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public, crowd |
Synonyms: |
common people, commonalty, great unwashed, hoi polloi, lower class, mob, multitude, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff |
| Main Entry: | mob |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group of people |
Synonyms: |
assemblage, body, cabal, camp, canaille, cattle, circle, clan, class, clique, collection, commonality, company, coterie, crew, crowd, crush, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, horde, host, jam, lot, mass, masses, multitude, pack, populace, posse, press, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, ring, riot, scum, set, swarm, throng, troop |
| Main Entry: | multitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large group |
Synonyms: |
aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, infinitude, infinity, jam*, legion, loads, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much, myriad, number, numbers, ocean*, oodles*, people, plenitude, plurality, populace, proletariat, public, push*, quantity, scores, sea, slew, swarm, throng, turnout |
Antonyms: |
handful, portion, single, zero |
| Main Entry: | people |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human beings |
Synonyms: |
John/Jane Q. Public, bodies, body politic, bourgeois, cats, citizens, clan, common people, commonality, community, crowd, family, folk, folks, general public, heads, herd, hoi polloi, horde, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, inhabitants, kin, masses, mob, mortals, multitude, nation, nationality, person in the street, persons, plebeians, populace, population, proletariat, public, rabble, race, rank and file, riffraff, society, tribe |
| Notes: | people is a term equivalent to cows and horses - like a herd of humans; persons is used in regard to our external aspects and refers to a number of individuals |
Antonyms: |
animals, plants |
| Main Entry: | rabble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mob |
Synonyms: |
commonality, commoners, crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, hoi polloi, horde, lower class, mass, masses, multitude, pack, proletariat, rank and file, riffraff, ring, riot, scum, throng |
| Main Entry: | scum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people who are bad, despicable |
Synonyms: |
curs, dregs, lowest, mass, mob, proletariat, rabble, riffraff, rubbish*, scum of the earth, trash*, unwashed, vermin |