Synonyms for populace
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Population — the common people of a nation
people, population, rabble, masses, common people, crowd, proletariat, mob, polloi, riff-raff, multitude, commonalty, canaille, demos formal
Definitions
- n. 1
The common people of a nation.
The populace despised their ignorant leader.
- n. 2
The inhabitants of a country or one of its administrative divisions (such as a state, province, or county).
Forms
- Plural
- populaces → peoples, populations, rabbles, crowds…
Choose the right word
The populace are poor and ignorant, but may be law-abiding; a mob is disorderly and lawless, but may be rich and influential.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- population The population has doubled in the last five years.
- masses It has been proven that the masses make bad choices.
- rabble Tom called the striking workers a rabble.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| populace | steady | |
| population | falling | |
| masses | falling | |
| rabble | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- mob1
- 5 letters
- world1, crowd1, demos2
- 6 letters
- people2, public2, masses2, rabble2, polloi2
- 8 letters
- canaille
- 9 letters
- multitude3
- 10 letters
- population4, commonalty
- 11 letters
- proletariat5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (demos2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- bas peuple