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working people

NOUN

grassroots

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people hoi polloi laboring class middle class proletariat rank and file the masses wage-earners working class

NOUN

labor

Synonyms

STRONGEST

laborer work force worker

STRONG

apprentice breadwinner employee hand help helper hireling learner prentice proletarian toiler

WEAK

blue-collar worker hard hat rank and file

Antonyms

STRONG

check hindrance obstruction

WEAK

entertainment fun management manager

NOUN

working class

Synonyms

WEAK

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

Example Sentences

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“Meanwhile, working people pay the price in higher rents, depleted services, and a city that has stopped working for them.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

But working on farms with the working people of this country is my passion.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

"It will affect the real rights of tens of millions of working people around the world," he added.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

“We are making sure working people will not be priced out of the game that they helped to create,” Mamdani added.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

As far as I can tell, the place isn’t a nest of drug dealers and prostitutes; these are just working people who don’t have the capital to rent a normal apartment.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

working people

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