Showing Results for "peoples"

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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For example, the Colored People’s Convention that met in 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina, argued that equal voting rights were “inherent and essential to every republican form of government.”

From Slate • Jun. 3, 2026

"Two countries in the world retaliated against us: The People's Republic of China and Canada," he told reporters last week.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

ANZ noted that the People’s Bank of China removed explicit references to potential policy-rate cuts in its first-quarter monetary policy report.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

In 1972, as he was preparing for what would turn out to be his landslide reelection that November, President Richard Nixon made an historic trip to the People’s Republic of China.

From Salon • May 14, 2026

As a final insult, the group voted to change its name from the Women’s State Temperance Society to the People’s League.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling