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great unwashed

NOUN
crowd
Synonyms
STRONGEST
circle congregation crew group horde lot mass mob pack party people press sellout throng
STRONG
army array blowout bunch cattle clique cloud cluster company concourse confluence conflux congeries coterie crush deluge drove faction flock flood gaggle herd host jam legion masses meet multitude muster organization posse rabble scores set stream surge swarm troupe tumult
WEAK
rank and file
Antonyms
STRONG
individual one single
NOUN
hoi polloi
Synonyms
WEAK
Middle America common people commonality commoners 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
NOUN
masses
Synonyms
STRONG
commonalty mob multitude proletariat rabble riffraff
WEAK
common people hoi polloi lower class rank and file
NOUN
ruck
Synonyms
STRONG
army array blowout bunch cattle circle clique cloud cluster company concourse confluence conflux congeries congregation coterie crew crush deluge drove faction flock flood gaggle group herd horde host jam legion lot mass masses meet mob multitude muster organization pack party people posse press rabble score scores sellout set stream surge swarm throng troupe tumult
WEAK
rank and file
Antonyms
STRONG
individual one peace single whole

Example Sentences

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At Toro, his long hair, earring and fondness for holidays in Ibiza had endeared him to the great unwashed.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2023

From the standpoint of the great unwashed these busts were simply delicious, taking down hedge fund managers, CEOs, at least one California winemaker, a Desperate Housewife and Aunt Becky from "Full House."

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2021

The movie academy considers its “patrician duty to tell the great unwashed what they should be watching,'” not rewarding what viewers pay to see, Cameron told The Daily Beast.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2017

The movie academy considers its “patrician duty to tell the great unwashed what they should be watching,’” not rewarding what viewers pay to see, Cameron told The Daily Beast.

From Washington Times • Feb. 22, 2017

Never in their lives did they so narrowly escape a hugging at the hands of the great unwashed; and this unwelcome demonstration as directed against them was quite without reason or excuse.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence