rank and file Synonyms

rank grass- roots great unwashed grassroots general public common run common-or-garden underclass lower-class middle class bottom-up legionnaire working class baseline masses hoi polloi plebs riff-raff ragtag and bobtail of-the-people working-class people common soldiery common laborers unskilled laborers plain folks factory laborers factory laborer laboring class working people working classes ordinary people common herd common people third estate workfolk usual mass majority men indiscernible inconspicuous herd ground foundation crew commoner commonalty common basis base