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Definition of People
1. Noun. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively. "There were at least 200 people in the audience"
Member holonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Group relationships: Human Beings, Human Race, Humanity, Humankind, Humans, Man, Mankind, World
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Specialized synonyms: Peoples, Age Bracket, Age Group, Cohort, Ancients, Baffled, Blind, Blood, Brave, Cautious, Timid, Business People, Businesspeople, Damned, Dead, Living, Deaf, Defeated, Discomfited, Disabled, Handicapped, Doomed, Lost, Enemy, Episcopacy, Episcopate, Common People, Folk, Folks, Free, Free People, Homebound, Enlightened, Initiate, Uninitiate, Developmentally Challenged, Mentally Retarded, Retarded, Network Army, Nationality, Peanut Gallery, Pocket, Retreated, Sick, Tradespeople, Maimed, Wounded, Migration, Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum, Country, Land, Nation, Poor, Poor People, Rich, Rich People, Populace, Public, World, Population, Coevals, Contemporaries, Generation, Lobby, Business, Clientele, Patronage, Rank And File, Smart Money, Unconfessed, Unemployed, Unemployed People, Womankind, Chosen People
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Group relationships: Human Beings, Human Race, Humanity, Humankind, Humans, Man, Mankind, World
Language type: Plural, Plural Form
Specialized synonyms: Peoples, Age Bracket, Age Group, Cohort, Ancients, Baffled, Blind, Blood, Brave, Cautious, Timid, Business People, Businesspeople, Damned, Dead, Living, Deaf, Defeated, Discomfited, Disabled, Handicapped, Doomed, Lost, Enemy, Episcopacy, Episcopate, Common People, Folk, Folks, Free, Free People, Homebound, Enlightened, Initiate, Uninitiate, Developmentally Challenged, Mentally Retarded, Retarded, Network Army, Nationality, Peanut Gallery, Pocket, Retreated, Sick, Tradespeople, Maimed, Wounded, Migration, Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum, Country, Land, Nation, Poor, Poor People, Rich, Rich People, Populace, Public, World, Population, Coevals, Contemporaries, Generation, Lobby, Business, Clientele, Patronage, Rank And File, Smart Money, Unconfessed, Unemployed, Unemployed People, Womankind, Chosen People
2. Verb. Fill with people. "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
Generic synonyms: Populate
3. Noun. The body of citizens of a state or country. "The Spanish people"
Exact synonyms: Citizenry
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Specialized synonyms: Country People, Countryfolk, Achaean, Arcado-cyprians, Aeolian, Dorian, Ionian, Electorate, Governed
Member holonyms: Citizen
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Specialized synonyms: Country People, Countryfolk, Achaean, Arcado-cyprians, Aeolian, Dorian, Ionian, Electorate, Governed
Member holonyms: Citizen
4. Verb. Furnish with people. "The plains are sparsely populated"
5. Noun. Members of a family line. "Are your people still alive?"
6. Noun. The common people generally. "Power to the people"
Exact synonyms: Hoi Polloi, Mass, Masses, Multitude, The Great Unwashed
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Specialized synonyms: Laity, Temporalty, Audience, Followers, Following
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Specialized synonyms: Laity, Temporalty, Audience, Followers, Following
Definition of People
1. n. The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation.
2. v. t. To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.
Definition of People
1. to furnish with inhabitants [v -PLED, -PLING, -PLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of People
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