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Synonyms for polloi

Most common

masses populace rabble plebs

All synonyms

Noun

1. Masses — the common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)

masses, people, plebs, rabble, populace, general public, great unwashed, crowd, mass, multitude, herd, odds and sods informal UK, commonality, demos, commonalty, lumpenproletariat, vulgo

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)

Related words

Phrases
hoi polloi
Other spellings
hoi polloi

Example sentences

  • masses It has been proven that the masses make bad choices.
  • populace The populace was in thrall to the dictator's whims.
  • rabble Tom called the striking workers a rabble.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
polloirising
massesfalling
populacesteady
rabblerising
plebsrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
mass1, herd1
5 letters
crowd1, demos2, plebs, vulgo
6 letters
people2, masses2, rabble2
8 letters
populace3
9 letters
multitude3
10 letters
commonalty
11 letters
commonality5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demos2 = 2 syllables).