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commonality n.
commonalty n.
grassroots n.
hoi polloi n.

NOUN

commonality

Synonyms

STRONG

common commonalty commoner pleb plebeian populace public

WEAK

hoi polloi third estate

NOUN

commonalty

Synonyms

STRONG

common commonality commoner pleb plebeian populace public

WEAK

hoi polloi third estate

NOUN

grassroots

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people hoi polloi laboring class middle class proletariat rank and file wage-earners working class working people

NOUN

hoi polloi

Synonyms

WEAK

Middle America common people commonality commoners great unwashed huddled masses infrastructure masses multitude plebians proletariat rabble rank and file riffraff the common people the herd the many the multitude the proletariat the working class vulgus

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More affordable EVs once seen as Tesla challengers that could appeal to the masses are hardly registering in sales data.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

The exact limit depends strongly on the masses of the dark matter halos where those seeds originally formed.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

She wrote thousands of songs, but it was television that made her most popular ones, and her, accessible to the masses.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

Or how to make boat restoration interesting to the masses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026

I looked at the masses of people on the train platform.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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