common people

Noun

Meaning

people in general (often used in the plural)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

commons people population public laity folk masses populace peasantry proletariat folks rabble commonalty middle class lower-class
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Antonyms

big brother hall of fame noblesse authorities distinction elite
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Hypernyms

people

Hyponyms

rabble riffraff gentlefolk ragtag ragtag and bobtail grass roots

Examples

Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful. Seneca

The education of the common people requires, perhaps, in a civilized and commercial society, the attention of the public more than that of people of some rank and fortune. Adam Smith

Anchorites used to ill-treat themselves in the way they did, so that the common people would not begrudge them the beatitude they would enjoy in heaven. Cesare Pavese

The genius of the United States is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges, or churches, or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors, but always most in the common people. Walt Whitman

The poor yield to the rich, the common people to the upper ten, the servants to their masters, the ignorant to the scholars; but there is nobody who does not imagine that he is really better than others. John Calvin

Close letter words and terms

common pear common peculiarity common pennywort common pepper common pepper plant common perennial shrub