| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's relations, acquaintances |
| Synonyms: | body politic, clan, community, confederation, culture group, ethnic group, family, general public, group, house, household, inhabitants, kin, kindred, lineage, masses, ménage, nation, nationality, people, population, proletariat, public, race, settlement, society, state, stock, tribe |
| Main Entry: | speech community |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | people sharing language or dialect |
| Synonyms: | ethnic group, isogloss, linguistic ambience, linguistic community, linguistic island, relic area, society, speech island |