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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 feel that the games have potential to bring real outcomes for working people, but only if we fight for them.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

“The idea that average working people could afford homes of their own was so exotic,” Pizzigati said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

"Frankly, it is offensive to working people and I have had enough," said the former Tory MP.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The most recent high-profile progressive candidate to embrace those working people: Abdul El-Sayed, whose economic populism helped him win the 2026 Michigan Democratic Senate primary.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 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

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