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proletarian

[proh-li-tair-ee-uhn] / ˌproʊ lɪˈtɛər i ən /
ADJECTIVE
blue-collar
Synonyms
WEAK
factory-working lower-class middle-class proletariat wage-earning working class
Antonyms
WEAK
white-collar
ADJECTIVE
humble
Synonyms
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modest obscure ordinary simple unassuming unpretentious
STRONG
base low mean rough unfit
WEAK
beggarly common commonplace contemptible humdrum ignoble inglorious insignificant little low-born low-ranking lowly meager measly menial miserable paltry petty pitiful plebeian puny scrubby seemly servile severe shabby small sordid trivial uncouth underprivileged undistinguished unimportant unrefined vulgar wretched
Antonyms
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bold brave extraordinary presumptuous
STRONG
honest moral nice noble polite
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assertive boasting conceited egotistical insolent luxurious pretentious proud rich showy superior
ADJECTIVE
lower class
Synonyms
STRONG
blue-collar factory-working plebeian wage-earning working-class
ADJECTIVE
lowly
Synonyms
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humble
WEAK
average base baseborn cast down common commonplace docile dutiful everyday gentle ignoble low lowborn mean meek menial mild modest mundane obscure obsequious ordinary plebeian poor prosaic retiring reverential servile simple submissive subordinate unassuming unpretentious withdrawing
Antonyms
WEAK
higher lofty noble pretentious superior
ADJECTIVE
mean
Synonyms
STRONGEST
humble miserable petty vulgar
STRONG
base common hack inferior limited low menial obscure ordinary plebeian
WEAK
beggarly contemptible down-at-heel déclassé ignoble ineffectual insignificant knavish lowborn lowly mediocre modest paltry pitiful run down scruffy second-class second-rate seedy servile shabby sordid squalid tawdry undistinguished unwashed wretched
Antonyms
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rich
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abnormal aristocratic elevated extraordinary high honest moral noble superior uncommon
WEAK
compassionate extreme generous kind nice polite sympathetic unselfish
ADJECTIVE
plebeian
Synonyms
STRONG
common low mean ordinary pedestrian
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banal coarse conventional humble ignoble lowborn lowly popular traditional uncultivated unrefined unsophisticated unwashed vulgar working-class
Antonyms
STRONG
abnormal different extraordinary high noble uncommon
WEAK
aristocratic rich upper-class wealthy
ADJECTIVE
popular
Synonyms
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accessible familiar prevalent public rampant ubiquitous universal
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accepted adopted approved conventional current demanded embraced general in demand in use ordinary prevailing regnant rife ruling stock widespread
Antonyms
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limited particular uncommon
WEAK
different unusual
ADJECTIVE
unwashed
Synonyms
WEAK
average base baseborn cast down common commonplace declassed docile dutiful everyday gentle humble ignoble low lowborn mean meek menial mild modest mundane obscure obsequious ordinary plebeian poor prosaic retiring reverential servile simple submissive subordinate unassuming unpretentious vulgar withdrawing
NOUN
blue-collar worker
Synonyms
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blue collar
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common laborer employee factory worker hand industrial worker laborer lunch-bucket worker member of the working class nonoffice worker working stiff workingman workingwoman
NOUN
plebeian
Synonyms
STRONG
commonalty commoner peasant pleb plebe
WEAK
common people person in the street rank and file
Antonyms
WEAK
aristocrat noble patrician rich wealthy
NOUN
proletariat
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lower class
STRONG
commoners peasant
WEAK
blue-collar workers common people hoi polloi plebians rank and file working stiff
NOUN
worker
Synonyms
STRONGEST
employee laborer staff
STRONG
artisan breadwinner craftsperson hand help operative serf stiff toiler tradesperson
WEAK
blue collar company person nine-to-fiver wage earner white collar working person working stiff

Example Sentences

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Red is one of those colors that’s both aspirational and proletarian at the same time.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 7, 2024

Most of the things on the 112-item list cost less than $100 and fulfill a proletarian need instead of gesturing toward patrician signaling.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2023

Mr. Franzia did more than poke a proletarian finger in the wine industry’s elite image.

From New York Times • Sep. 15, 2022

The social critic Mike Davis once called these “stealth houses” that hide their “luxurious qualities with proletarian or gangster facades.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2022

I could drift along like this, in some dreary proletarian idyll, except for two things.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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