the masses

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

Example Sentences

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"School is a repressive institution, aimed at subduing the masses. Still and all, it's easier to send you than to have you underfoot. So off you go."

From Literature

He decided to bring the platform to the masses in 2022 after growing sick and tired of how much hate his community was going through and wanting to fill in a gap in the media.

From Los Angeles Times

Steinberger, who gave an interview at 2 a.m. in Austria, says he built OpenClaw as his “personal playground” and never meant for it to be used by the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal

Now, his goal is to make it a safe project for the masses.

From The Wall Street Journal

The public tussle tarnished the Burbank company’s clean image and undermined its goal of entertaining the masses, no matter their political stripes.

From Los Angeles Times

the masses

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