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plebeians

NOUN

lower class

Synonyms

STRONGEST

proletariat working class

WEAK

commonalty great unwashed hoi polloi lower orders lower ranks lowlife masses other half plebs rank and file

Antonyms

WEAK

upper class

NOUN

people

Synonyms

STRONGEST

community crowd family folk nation population public society

STRONG

bodies bourgeois citizens clan commonality folks heads herd horde humanity humankind humans inhabitants kin masses mob mortals multitude nationality persons populace proletariat race tribe

WEAK

John/Jane Q. Public body politic common people general public hoi polloi human race person in the street rabble rank and file riffraff

Antonyms

WEAK

animals plants

NOUN

populace

Synonyms

STRONG

commonality commonalty demos masses mob multitude plebs proletariat public rabble society

NOUN

rank and file

Synonyms

WEAK

common run common soldiery common sort forces grassroots majority proletariat ranks

NOUN

working class

Synonyms

WEAK

blue-collar workers common laborers factory laborers grassroots laboring class proles proletariat rank and file the other half unskilled laborers wage earners wage slaves workers workfolk working people working stiffs workpeople

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Gladiatorial culture developed with the rise of what were known as games, or those events put on by elite Romans for plebeians and others socially beneath them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

But there are good deals for us plebeians if you know where to look.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

While the common people of ancient Rome were called plebeians, which word was used for a member of the Roman aristocracy?

From Slate • Oct. 9, 2023

Both plebeians and patricians could attend this assembly, which was organized into blocs.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

So popular were the decemvirs that another board of ten was appointed for the following year, some of whom, if the extant list of names is correct, were certainly plebeians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

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