people

Meanings

• (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
  • "old people"
  • "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
• the body of citizens of a state or country
  • "the Spanish people"
• members of a family line
  • "his people have been farmers for generations"
  • "are your people still alive?"
• the common people generally
  • "power to the people"
• fill with people
  • "Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
• furnish with people

Synonyms

citizenry, hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, the great unwashed