people

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. See humanity, populace.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Humankind]

Syn. humanity, mankind, the human race; see man 1 .

2. [A body of persons having racial or social ties]

Syn. nationality, tribe, community; see race 2 .

3. [The humbler portions of society]

Syn. mass, folk, proletariat, rabble, masses, plebeians, the multitude, the majority, democracy, crowd, submerged tenth, common people, common herd, rank and file, the underprivileged, underdogs, the public, the man in the street, commons, commonalty, hoi polloi (Greek), bourgeoisie (French), los de abajo (Spanish), riffraff*; rag, tag and bobtail*; the mob*, the herd*, the horde*, the many*, the Great unwashed*, John Q. Public*, Jane Q. Public*.

4. [Family]

Syn. close relatives, kinsmen, siblings; see family 1 .

5. [Society in general]

Syn. they, anybody, the public; see everybody .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. humans human beings, folks, humankind, human race, mankind, man, persons, populace, individuals, Homo sapiens, mortals.

2. masses community, electorate, rank and file, working class, society, citizens. ''A many-headed beast.''—Alexander Pope. ''The vulgar popular cattle.''—Robert Buchanan. ''A wild beast.''—Niccolo Machiavelli.

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun Persons as an organized body: community, public, society. See SPECIFIC. II verb To live in (a place), as does a people: inhabit, occupy, populate. See PLACE.