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grassroots n.
labor n.
working class n.

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

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"We have chosen to focus on the cost of living in our first week, signalling that concern for working people will be at the heart of everything we do," he added.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

Rags-to-riches stories tend to be as fabulistic as tales designed to sell the upper class as fair and solicitous to the needs of working people, or amenable to Cinderella fantasies.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

The latest Gallup poll found just 45% of working people expected to have enough money in retirement to be able to retire comfortably.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

“This is the relief that working people across our city deserve,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Still, I believe that this book as a whole truthfully portrays Fannie Sellins’s life and her commitment to working people.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell

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