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plebeians

NOUN
lower class
Synonyms
STRONGEST
proletariat working class
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commonalty great unwashed hoi polloi lower orders lower ranks lowlife masses other half plebs rank and file
Antonyms
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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
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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

In the fourth and third centuries BCE, plebeians won more concessions by again seceding from the patrician state.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Five of the decemvirs were patricians, and five plebeians.

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