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hoi polloi
[hoi puh-loi] 
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hoi polloi
[hoi puh-loi]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common people |
| Synonyms: | Middle America, common people, commonality, commoners, great unwashed, huddled masses, infrastructure, masses, multitude, plebians, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff, the common people, the herd, the many, the masses, the multitude, the proletariat, the working class, vulgus |
| Main Entry: | masses |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | public, crowd |
| Synonyms: | common people, commonalty, great unwashed, hoi polloi, lower class, mob, multitude, proletariat, rabble, rank and file, riffraff |
| Main Entry: | people |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | human beings |
| Synonyms: | John/Jane Q. Public, bodies, body politic, bourgeois, cats, citizens, clan, common people, commonality, community, crowd, family, folk, folks, general public, heads, herd, hoi polloi, horde, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, inhabitants, kin, masses, mob, mortals, multitude, nation, nationality, person in the street, persons, plebeians, populace, population, proletariat, public, rabble, race, rank and file, riffraff, society, tribe |
| Antonyms: | animals, plants |
| Main Entry: | proletariat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working class |
| Synonyms: | blue-collar workers, bourgeoisie, common people, commoners, hoi polloi, lower class, peasant, plebians, proletarian, rank and file, working stiff |
| Main Entry: | rabble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mob |
| Synonyms: | commonality, commoners, crowd, drove, flock, gang, gathering, herd, hoi polloi, horde, lower class, mass, masses, multitude, pack, proletariat, rank and file, riffraff, ring, riot, scum, throng |
| Main Entry: | riffraff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rabble |
| Synonyms: | commonality, commoners, dregs of society, gang, gathering, hoi polloi, lower class, mob, one-percenters, outcast, rank and file, ring, scum, trash, undesirables, vermin |
| Main Entry: | grass roots |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ordinary people |
| Synonyms: | Middle America, common people, hoi polloi, laboring class, middle class, proletariat, rank and file, the masses, wage-earners, working class, working people |
| Main Entry: | lower class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | working people with least money |
| Synonyms: | commonalty, hoi polloi, lower orders, lower ranks, lowlife, masses, other half, plebeians, plebs, proletariat, rank and file, working class |
| Antonyms: | upper class |
| Main Entry: | middle class |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | common people |
| Synonyms: | Middle America, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, burgherdom, educated class, hoi polloi, middle order, middle-income group, ordinary people, plain folks, proletariat, working class |
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