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peoples

NOUN

human beings

Synonyms

STRONGEST

community crowd family folk nation population public society

STRONG

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

WEAK

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

Antonyms

WEAK

animals plants

Example Sentences

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"The wheels of justice turn so slowly and that affects peoples lives and that's what we wanted to show."

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Queen Elizabeth spoke of how Britain and the U.S. could be the driving force to spread democracy and freedom to peoples around the world in the post-Soviet era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026

They invited over 30 experts from around the world who cared about caribou—including Indigenous peoples, academics, zookeepers, and reindeer experts from Finland—to independently review the evidence for each assumption.

From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026

Here, the highway passes quietly into Anza-Borrego, homeland of the Kumeyaay, Cahuilla and Cupeño peoples.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

If the British had considered the Indigenous peoples to be rightful owners of the land, British laws against squatting might have worked in their favor.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz