| people | | |
| n. (group) | 1. people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ human beings, human race, humankind, humans, mankind, humanity, world, man | all of the living human inhabitants of the earth.; "all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ peoples | the human beings of a particular nation or community or ethnic group.; "the indigenous peoples of Australia" |
| ~ age bracket, age group, cohort | a group of people having approximately the same age. |
| ~ ancients | people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe). |
| ~ baffled | people who are frustrated and perplexed.; "the children's faces clearly expressed the frustration of the baffled" |
| ~ blind | people who have severe visual impairments, considered as a group.; "he spent hours reading to the blind" |
| ~ blood | people viewed as members of a group.; "we need more young blood in this organization" |
| ~ brave | people who are brave.; "the home of the free and the brave" |
| ~ cautious, timid | people who are fearful and cautious.; "whitewater rafting is not for the timid" |
| ~ business people, businesspeople | people who transact business (especially business executives). |
| ~ damned | people who are condemned to eternal punishment.; "he felt he had visited the realm of the damned" |
| ~ dead | people who are no longer living.; "they buried the dead" |
| ~ living | people who are still living.; "save your pity for the living" |
| ~ deaf | people who have severe hearing impairments.; "many of the deaf use sign language" |
| ~ defeated, discomfited | people who are defeated.; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated" |
| ~ disabled, handicapped | people collectively who are crippled or otherwise physically handicapped.; "technology to help the elderly and the disabled" |
| ~ doomed, lost | people who are destined to die soon.; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice" |
| ~ enemy | any hostile group of people.; "he viewed lawyers as the real enemy" |
| ~ episcopacy, episcopate | the collective body of bishops. |
| ~ common people, folk, folks | people in general (often used in the plural).; "they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next" |
| ~ free, free people | people who are free.; "the home of the free and the brave" |
| ~ homebound | people who are confined to their homes. |
| ~ enlightened, initiate | people who have been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity.; "it is very familiar to the initiate" |
| ~ uninitiate | people who have not been introduced to the mysteries of some field or activity.; "it diverts the attention of the uninitiate" |
| ~ developmentally challenged, mentally retarded, retarded | people collectively who are mentally retarded.; "he started a school for the retarded" |
| ~ network army | a group of like-minded people united by the internet; a new kind of social or political of business group that may exert broad influence on a shared concern.; "a network army of software programmers contribute free software to those who want it" |
| ~ nationality | people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation.; "immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"; "such images define their sense of nationality" |
| ~ peanut gallery | (figurative) people whose criticisms are regarded as irrelevant or insignificant (resembling uneducated people who throw peanuts on the stage to express displeasure with a performance).; "he ignored complaints from the peanut gallery" |
| ~ pocket | a small isolated group of people.; "they were concentrated in pockets inside the city"; "the battle was won except for cleaning up pockets of resistance" |
| ~ retreated | people who have retreated.; "he had only contempt for the retreated" |
| ~ sick | people who are sick.; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick" |
| ~ tradespeople | people engaged in trade. |
| ~ maimed, wounded | people who are wounded.; "they had to leave the wounded where they fell" |
| ~ migration | a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period). |
| ~ social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class | people having the same social, economic, or educational status.; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class" |
| ~ nation, country, land | the people who live in a nation or country.; "a statement that sums up the nation's mood"; "the news was announced to the nation"; "the whole country worshipped him" |
| ~ poor, poor people | people without possessions or wealth (considered as a group).; "the urban poor need assistance" |
| ~ rich, rich people | people who have possessions and wealth (considered as a group).; "only the very rich benefit from this legislation" |
| ~ populace, public, world | people in general considered as a whole.; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public" |
| ~ population | the people who inhabit a territory or state.; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed" |
| ~ coevals, contemporaries, generation | all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age. |
| ~ lobby | the people who support some common cause or business or principle or sectional interest. |
| ~ clientele, patronage, business | customers collectively.; "they have an upper class clientele" |
| ~ rank and file | people who constitute the main body of any group. |
| ~ smart money | people who are highly experienced or who have inside information.; "the smart money said Truman would lose the election" |
| ~ unconfessed | people who have not confessed.; "the unconfessed cannot be forgiven" |
| ~ unemployed, unemployed people | people who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group).; "the long-term unemployed need assistance" |
| ~ womankind | women as distinguished from men. |
| ~ chosen people | any people believing themselves to be chosen by God. |
| n. (group) | 2. citizenry, people | the body of citizens of a state or country.; "the Spanish people" |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ country people, countryfolk | people living in the same country; compatriots. |
| ~ arcado-cyprians, achaean | the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea. |
| ~ aeolian | the ancient Greek inhabitants of Aeolia. |
| ~ dorian | the ancient Greek inhabitants of Doris who entered Greece from the north about 1100 BC. |
| ~ ionian | the ancient Greek inhabitants of Attica and related regions in Ionia. |
| ~ electorate | the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote. |
| ~ governed | the body of people who are citizens of a particular government.; "governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed" |
| ~ citizen | a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community. |
| n. (group) | 3. people | members of a family line.; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?" |
| ~ family line, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family | people descended from a common ancestor.; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower" |
| n. (group) | 4. hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed | the common people generally.; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people" |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ laity, temporalty | in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy. |
| ~ audience | the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment.; "every artist needs an audience"; "the broadcast reached an audience of millions" |
| ~ followers, following | a group of followers or enthusiasts. |
| v. (change) | 5. people | fill with people.; "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes" |
| ~ populate | fill with inhabitants.; "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting" |
| v. (stative) | 6. people | furnish with people.; "The plains are sparsely populated" |
| ~ inhabit, live, populate, dwell | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods" |
| resident | | |
| n. (person) | 1. occupant, occupier, resident | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there. |
| ~ denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller | a person who inhabits a particular place. |
| ~ alexandrian | a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt). |
| ~ coaster | a resident of a coastal area. |
| ~ colonial | a resident of a colony. |
| ~ dalesman | a person who lives in the dales of northern England. |
| ~ housemate | someone who resides in the same house with you. |
| ~ inmate | one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital). |
| ~ metropolitan | a person who lives in a metropolis. |
| ~ outlier | a person who lives away from his place of work. |
| ~ owner-occupier | an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in. |
| ~ sojourner | a temporary resident. |
| ~ stater | a resident of a particular state or group of states.; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters" |
| ~ suburbanite | a resident of a suburb. |
| ~ tenant | any occupant who dwells in a place. |
| ~ towner, townsman | a resident of a town or city. |
| n. (person) | 2. house physician, resident, resident physician | a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital.; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" |
| ~ doc, doctor, physician, dr., md, medico | a licensed medical practitioner.; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
| adj. | 3. resident | living in a particular place.; "resident aliens" |
| adj. | 4. nonmigratory, resident | used of animals that do not migrate. |
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