people

Nouns

  • (n) (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
    • old people
    • there were at least 200 people in the audience
  • (n) the body of citizens of a state or country
    • the Spanish people
    citizenry,
  • (n) members of a family line
    • his people have been farmers for generations
    • are your people still alive?
  • (n) the common people generally
    • separate the warriors from the mass
    • power to the people
    hoi polloi, masses, the great unwashed, multitude, mass,

Verbs

  • (v) fill with people
    • Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes
  • (v) furnish with people
    • The plains are sparsely populated

Synonyms

citizenry hoi polloi masses the great unwashed multitude mass

Words of close approximity

People against Gangsterism and Drugs peopled people in power people of color people of colour peoples People's Liberation Army People's Mujahidin of Iran People's Party People's Republican Army People's Republic of Bangladesh People's Republic of China