Entry Word: people

Function: noun plural

Meaning: 1 human beings in general <despite the horrors she witnessed, Anne Frank never lost her faith in people>

Synonyms folks, humanity, humankind, public, society, world

Related Words crowd, masses, mob, populace, proletariat, rabble, riffraff

2 the body of the community as contrasted with the elite <tensions mounted until the people rose up in rebellion> — see mass 1
3 a group of persons who come from the same ancestor <introduced my new boyfriend to my people> — see family 1